Blog
Save
Email
Print
ShareThe Puma (Puma concolor), also known as the Cougar or Mountain Lion, is a large, solitary cat found in the Americas.
It has a vast range, from Yukon Territory in Canada to the southern Andes of South America.
Their primary food is deer, but they hunt prey in a range of sizes, from insects, mice, and rabbits, domestic cats, domestic dogs, alpaca and on up to Bighorn Sheep and Elk.
They are secretive cats who usually avoid people, and attacks on humans are rare.
Due to overhunting and continual human development of puma habitat, populations have dropped in many parts of their historical range, although recent conservation efforts have allowed the puma's numbers to improve in some areas.
Though frequently lumped in with larger cats, the puma is distinct in that it cannot roar, and makes vocalizations much more common to small cats.
For more information about the topic Puma, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Canada Lynx — The Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a close relative of the Eurasian Lynx. Some authorities regard both as conspecific. However, in some ... > read more
Bighorn Sheep — Bighorn Sheep is a species of sheep in North America with two endangered subspecies, Desert Bighorn Sheep and California Bighorn Sheep. Bighorn Sheep ... > read more
Lar Gibbon — The Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the White-handed Gibbon, is a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family. It is one of the more ... > read more
Gibbon — Gibbons are the small apes that are grouped in the family Hylobatidae. Also called the lesser apes, gibbons differ from great apes (chimpanzees, ... > read more
Cheetah — The Cheetah is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae) that hunts by speed rather than by stealth or pack tactics. It is the fastest of all ... > read more
Jaguar — The jaguar (Panthera onca) (Brazilian Portuguese: onça pintada) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the ... > read more
Sea Lion — A sea lion is any of several marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, ... > read more
Mountain Zebra — Mountain Zebra consist of two species, namely the Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra) and the Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus hartmannae). Previously ... > read more
African Wild Dog — The African Hunting Dog, also called African Wild Dog, is a mammal of the Canidae family, and thus related to the domestic dog. It is the only ... > read more
American Mink — The American Mink, Mustela vison, is a North American member of the Mustelidae family found in Alaska, Canada and most of the United States. They are ... > read moreRecommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:
Other bookmarking and sharing tools:
more 