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Cougar
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) · Puma
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What is a cougar?
Fun facts7 facts
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Cougars have the biggest hind legs for their size of any cat, letting them leap as high as 5.5 m (18 ft) straight up into a tree.[1]
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Cougars live across about 110 degrees of latitude, from the Yukon to the southern Andes, the widest range of any wild land mammal in the Americas.[1]
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In Patagonia, some cougars mostly hunt Magellanic penguins, which make up most of their meals in two national parks.[1]
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Cougars learn which animals count as prey, so some cougars rarely hunt bighorn sheep while others depend on them.[1]
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Cougars are not always loners: they sometimes share kills and seem to form small communities around the territories of dominant males.[1]
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- [1]Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Cougar guides
Protecting and staying safe around a cougar
Not veterinary advice. General information about this animal. If you find one injured or in trouble, contact a wildlife rescue or the RSPCA rather than handling it yourself.
