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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.
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
The North American Cougar is a carnivore and its main sources of prey are deer, elk, mountain goats, moose and bighorn sheep. [ 25 ] Despite being a large predator, the North American Cougar can also be the prey of larger predators like wolves and bears. [ 26 ]
6 times mountain lions were wandering around — and got caught on camera September 27, 2024 at 11:04 AM Mountain lion encounters caught on camera in neighborhoods are raising concerns and ...
Vehicle strikes are the top killer of mountain lions in the study. To date, at least 46 lions have died from car crashes, and the puma found dead on the 405 was the second to perish on a freeway ...
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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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