Puma

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Cougar[1]
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Puma Species: P. concolor
Binomial name
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)
Cougar range map
Synonyms
Felis concolor

Pumas (Puma concolor), also called cougars or mountain lions, are large wild cats that live on the west coast of Canada, in the western half of the United States and Florida, and most of Central and South America. Cougars are mainly tan-coloured, and can be up to 1.85 metres long. Most pumas live 21 years.^{[needs proving]}

Cougars are carnivores because they eat only meat. They hunt deer, raccoons, squirrels, foxes, rabbits and skunks. They can also eat mice, beavers, coyotes, birds and porcupines. They hunt at night. Cougars can see better at night than people can. They can hear well too. Cougars stalk their prey. That is, they walk slowly and quietly, they hide and then when close, they jump or run fast to catch their prey. They live and hunt alone.

In Canada, cougars live in the mountains and forests far from people.

[change] School Mascots

Schools that have a cougar for a mascot are:

• Brigham Young University

[change] Other websites

• IUCN