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The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther. Over 130 attacks have been documented in [ 1 ] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities.
A mountain lion that was struck and killed last weekend along a northern Illinois highway will be analyzed by biologists, according to the DNR.
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
The eastern cougar or eastern puma (Puma concolor couguar) is a subspecies designation proposed in 1946 for cougar populations in eastern North America. [2] [3] The subspecies as described in 1946 was declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011. [4]
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This project would bridge the gap Highway 17 has created and merge 30,000 acres of open space, a "crucial project [that would] ensure the health of the mountain lions in our area," McCauley said.
Mountain lion (Puma concolor) North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) Northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) Richardson's ground squirrel or flickertail (Spermophilus richardsonii) Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
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