Details for Cougar

• Cougar

  The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, or catamount, is a large, solitary wild cat native to the Americas. It has the widest range of any large terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, stretching from Canada to the southern Andes. Cougars are sleek and muscular, with unspotted tawny-brown coats, and can weigh between 36 and 120 kg (79-265 lbs). They are adaptable carnivores, preying on deer, elk, small mammals, and even insects, depending on their habitat. Cougars are skilled hunters, using their powerful hind legs to leap and ambush prey. They are generally elusive and rarely seen in the wild.

  

  Habitat: The Cougar lives in United-states-of-america, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Belize, Panama, Guatemala, El-salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa-rica.