Cougar

Reproduction

Environment

Young cougar diet

• The cub will be carried for about 90 days
• 1-6 cubs, typically 2
• weigh just over a pound at birth
• females are ready to mate at 1 1/2 years old,male at 2

• canyons
• Forest,mountains,desserts and swamps
• Dense vegetation
• South America

Raccoons, coyotes, rabbits, hares, small rodents and occasionally pets/livestock.

Taxonomy

Climate change affect

• Hierarchy

• Bears, wolves and cougars affected greatly

• Order-Carnivora
• Suborder-Feliformia
• Family-Felidae
• Subfamily-Felinae
• Genus -Puma
• Species-Puma Concolor

Cougar population

• Prey migration
• Diseases to spread new areas

• There is 30,000 cougars in the Western United States
• They were dying out but are just now starting to repopulate
• Habitat loss was the factor

Introduction

Adult cougar diet

Cougar:

• Puma
• Mountain lion
• Can run as fast 50 mph
• Adults can stand 2-3 feet
• Can weigh up to 220lbs

Defends

Deer, elk, moose, mountain goats, wild sheep etc., sometimes pets/livestock. they preffer deer

• They hide under the bushes
• Wait for they prey
• Cougars primarily defend themselves with their claws
• Powerful arms that allow them to hold other animals down

Questions

History and origins

• Asia 11 million years ago
• Canada to the tip of south America
• Travels
• Local tribes or explorers had their own name for the large felines

• Where do Cougars live in north America and south America. ?
• Do cougars travel alone or in groups?
• How large can cougars get?
• Does cougar hunting reduce predation and human conflict?
• Do cougars sometimes kill for fun?

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Answers

• It's range is from the Canadian Yukon to the Southern Andes of South America.
• They travel alone
• Male 220 lbs and
• female 120 lbs
• Not necessarily. The death of a single cougar creates a territorial vacancy for other cougars to occupy.
• When cougars are not hungry will store their dead prey for later.