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The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major American habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the American continents after the jaguar. Although large, the cougar is most closely related to smaller felines.
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Cougar - Desktop Nexus AnimalsDownload free wallpapers and background images: Cougar. Desktop Nexus Animals background ID 331659. The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major American habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the American continents after the jaguar. Although large, the cougar is most closely related to smaller felines.
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Love your picture! We have Puma's (cougars) here in Australia too. My understanding is that they are believed to have been brought here by the American soldiers during the war, as mascots. When the the troops were withdrawn, the handlers were told to take the cats out into the bush and kill them...but their handlers released them instead. They mostly stay away from civilisation, unless food is scarce...then they may take young lambs, or a sheep. They have never attacked a human! One walked across the track in the bush when my daughter was out riding, and she said it was just so amazing as it stopped and watched them, before going on it's way...she treasures that sighting. I have a plaster-cast of a paw print taken from wet sand at the corner of a grannyflat we were renting out in the country.
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Category: Cats