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Cougar

The cougar (/ˈkuːɡər/ KOO-gər; Puma concolor), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount, and panther, is a large feline native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world. Its range spans Yukon…

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related to External links · 33
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related to Conservation · 31
Cougar → Appendix, Argentina, Between, Bolivia, Brazil, California Wildlife Protection Act, Canada, Central American, Chile, CITES Appendix II, Colombia, Costa Rica, Endangered Species Act, Establishing, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hunting, In California, Mexico
related to Evolution · 27
Cougar → Africa, Americas, Asia, Bering, Cougars, Culver, DNA, Felidae, Felis, Great American Interchange, In, Isthmus, Late Pleistocene, Leopardus, Lynx, North America, North American, Old World, Panama, Pleistocene
related to Further reading · 27
Cougar → Beautiful, Chicago Press, Conservation, Dangerous, Desert Puma, Douglas, Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology And Conservation, ISBN, Island Press, Kenneth, Linda, Logan, Mark Elbroch, Maurice Hornocker, McIntyre, Of An Enduring Carnivore, Paula Wild, Sharing, Sharon Negri
related to Naming and etymology · 27
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related to Distribution and habitat · 23
Cougar → Americas, Andes, Argentina, Canada, Chile, El Eden Ecological Reserve, Florida, In, In Colombia, In El Salvador, In Mexico, Llanos Basin, Magdalena River Valley, Midwestern US, Montecristo National Park, Morazán Department, North America, San Carlos, Santa Ana Mountains, Sierra
related to Social spacing and interactions · 22
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related to In mythology · 21
Cougar → Americas, Apache, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Cusco, Ho-Chunk, Hocąk, Illinois, In North America, Inca, Ojibwe, Southwestern United States, The, The Algonquins, The Inca, The Moche, To, Viracocha, Walapai, Winnebago
related to Hunting and diet · 20
Cougar → Alberta, April, Cougars, Elsewhere, Florida, Great Basin, Investigations, It, Learned, Mojave Deserts, Most, New Mexico, North America, November, One, Only, Sonoran, The, United States, Yellowstone National Park
related to Subspecies · 16
Cougar → DNA, Following, Following Linnaeus's, Genetic, Goldman, Kerr, Linnaeus, Mammal Species, Marcelli, Merriam, Molina, Nelson, Pocock, The Florida, Trouessart, World

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cougars prey america puma north one areas species range south also attacks humans large hunting concolor predators wild habitat females

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Cougaris akeystone species in Western Hemisphere ecosystems as it links numerous species at many trophic levels0.90text
Cougaris amostly solitary animal0.90text
Cougaris ageneralist hypercarnivore0.90text
mule deerinstance ofIt prefers large mammals0.80text
white-tailed deerinstance ofIt prefers large mammals0.80text
elkinstance ofIt prefers large mammals0.80text
mooseinstance ofIt prefers large mammals0.80text
mountain goatinstance ofIt prefers large mammals0.80text
bighorn sheepinstance ofIt prefers large mammals0.80text
rodentsinstance ofIt opportunistically takes smaller prey0.80text
lagomorphsinstance ofIt opportunistically takes smaller prey0.80text
smaller carnivoresinstance ofIt opportunistically takes smaller prey0.80text

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