| Included in small cats owing to its
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| | Though in certain regions in the north,
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| physical attributes, cougar shares an
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| | cougar does compete with bears and wolves
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| ancestor with the African Cheetah. Its
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| | for its kills. In the south cougar is
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| great bounds of speed along with its long
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| | outmuscled by the Jaguar, though its
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| balancing tail are indeed reminiscent of
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| | versatile hunting ability give it the
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| the fastest land mammal, even as cougar
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| | edge. Attacks on humans are rare and are
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| masters in stalk and ambush predation.
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| | often provoked by encroachment into
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| Its great hunting abilities have enabled
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| | mountain lion territory. Staring the cat
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| it to survive in diverse habitats and
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| | in the eye and intimidating it with
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| become subject of folklore in many
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| | controlled loud noise along with attack
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| communities, earning it more names than
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| | by rocks and sticks often drives the cat
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| any other cat, including - mountain lion,
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| | away in case of a confrontation. Playing
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| mountain screamer, puma, panther,
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| | dead, as with bears, doesn't help - the
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| catamount, pi-twal, carcajou, couguar,
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| | cougar quickly approaches and delivers a
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| and cuguacuarana.
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| | fatal neck bite!
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| The coat is of uniform color, typically
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| | As with other cats, the solitary cougars
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| tawny. Cubs are spotted, but become plain
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| | come together for mating several times a
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| colored as they mature. Patches of
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| | year. Three to four kittens are born,
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| lighter color may occur on chin and
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| | though typically one or two survive in
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| throat. The body structure is designed
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| | the wild - with the mother doing the sole
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| chiefly for agility and power. A robust
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| | parenting. The young begin hunting at six
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| head, powerful forequarters, deep chest
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| | months and are capable of surviving
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| and strong jaws enable cougar to be a
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| | independently at one to one and a half
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| fearsome predator. The proportionately
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| | years of age. Life span is generally ten
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| longer hind legs enable greater bounds of
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| | years in the wild and up to twice that
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| speed along with a leaping ability second
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| | much in captivity.
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| to none among land predators - up to 40
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| | Despite a distribution from Yukon to
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| feet horizontally!
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| | Andes in the Americas, cougar's
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| Though capable of generating tremendous
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| | population is facing a trend towards
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| speed, cougar prefers to stalk its prey
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| | decline - owing primarily to habitat and
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| before pouncing on it with few lightning
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| | prey loss accompanied by predation by
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| bounds, generating great momentum. Upon
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| | their only natural threat - humans. The
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| knocking down the prey cougar delivers a
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| | specie is not vulnerable yet though and
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| lethal neck bite - suffocating the
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| | debate is gaining ground about
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| animal. In case of smaller prey, the
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| | reintroducing them to the eastern
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| cougar breaks the neck by crushing the
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| | territories, yielding bright prospects
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| cervical vertebrae and severing the
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| | for the future of this splendid panther!
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| spine. Usual prey is deer, though the
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| | The author is a blogger about cats and an
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| cat's great adaptability enables it to
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| | expert on cougar.
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| take a wide prey base - from insects to
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| large ungulates.
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| Conflicts are rare with other species
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| | Occupation: A blogger about cats.
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| owing to its huge ranges in the wild.
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