Cougar
A species of Cougars, Also known as Mountain lion, Catamount, Painter Scientific name : Puma concolor Genus : Cougars
Cougar, A species of Cougars
Also known as:
Mountain lion, Catamount, Painter
Scientific name: Puma concolor
Genus: Cougars
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Description General Info
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Description
The North American cougar has a solid tan-colored coat without spots and weighs 25–80 kg (55–176 pounds). Females average 50 kg (110 lb), about the same as a jaguar in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the Mexican Pacific coast. 
General Info
Lifespan
8-13 years
Diet
Cougar primarily feeds on ungulates, including deer and elk. It exhibits an opportunistic diet, supplementing its intake with smaller species like rodents, lagomorphs, and even insects when larger prey is scarce.
Appearance
Cougar is a large, slender mammal with a muscular body, covered in short fur. Its fur is mostly a uniform greyish-brown, though some individuals can be reddish-brown or nearly black, depending on their habitat. Its tail is long and cylindrical, tipped with black. It possesses no notable features like horns or wings. Adult males are larger and heavier than females. There is little variation across subspecies.
Behavior
Cougar is a largely solitary, primarily nocturnal creature, known for exhibiting territorial behaviors. This species marks its territory with scrapes and urine signals. Known for its stalking and ambush predatory behavior, cougar relies on its superb camouflage in the wild for survival.
Population
Decreasing
Photo By California Department of Fish and Wildlife , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
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