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The other North American 'big cat' is the cougar (Puma concolor), which is also known as the puma, mountain lion, catamount, panther, and many other names. Despite weighing 70 kg. (150 lbs) on average and being called a 'mountain lion,' the cougar is not a member of Panthera and is more closely related to the domesticated cat than it is to lions.
The North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) is a cougar subspecies in North America. It is the biggest cat in North America (North American jaguars are fairly small), [4] [5] and the second largest cat in the New World. [6] It was once common in eastern North America and is still prevalent in the western half of the continent.
The list does not contain cat hybrids, such as the liger or tigon. ... North and South America: 4 Cougar: Puma concolor: 53.1–71 [15] (117-156) 105.2 (231 ...
The term catamount, a shortening of name "cat of the mountain", has also been in English use for cougars and other wild cats since at least 1664. [14] The term panther is often used synonymously with cougar, puma, or mountain lion. [15] The Florida population of the North American cougar sub-species is commonly known as the Florida panther.
The cat was first seen in 2011 and was regularly spotted up until 2015, when Hart said the animal disappeared. The 2022 sighting “relieved many of his fans,” Hart said.
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).
Twenty big cats have died after contracting bird flu at a Washington State animal sanctuary. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington in the city of Shelton announced the deaths on December 20.
On Dec. 6, animal health officials confirmed the presence of bird flu in the cats. On Dec. 20, the animal shelter announced that over half of its cats had bird flu, and 20 of them died as a result ...