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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.
Victim(s) Age Sex Date Type of attack Location Details Source(s) Candice Berner: 32: ♀: 2010-03-08: Predatory: Chignik, Alaska, US, 75 miles southwest of Kodiak: Berner, a teacher and avid jogger, was discovered dead along a road by snowmobilers, who found wolf tracks in the adjacent snow.
The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the canid family, with males averaging 43–45 kg (95–99 lb), and females 36–38.5 kg (79–85 lb). [6] It is the most specialized member of its genus in the direction of carnivory and hunting large game.
After the mountain lion killed goats and attacked a dog in the Colorado town, wildlife officials said it was a threat to human safety. ... decided to euthanize the 1.5-2 year old female. About two ...
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(Reuters) -A mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and gravely wounded his younger brother on Saturday in the foothills of northern California's Sierra Nevada, marking the first fatal cougar ...
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).
Unknown†, child, female: Predatory: Luz-la-Croix-Haute, France: A wolf attacked and ate a child in a granary. [599] 1849–1851 266 adults and 110 children: Russia [further explanation needed] [602] Autumn 1847 Ten children: Predatory: 20 km from Shuya [ambiguous], Russia: The wolf was believed to be the same animal which had killed children ...