Puma Cougar Mountain Lion Wild Cat

Depending on geographic region it is called the puma mountain lion red tiger deercat mountain devil king cat mexican lion panther mountain screamer silver lion. See more ideas about animals beautiful leopards and mountain lion. Lion hound 1955 seemingly invisible the omnipresent but rarely seen cougar is not only the most widely distributed new world cat but definitely the one with the most names.

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Mountain lion puma cougar pantherthis cat is known by more names than just about any other mammal.

Puma cougar mountain lion wild cat. Puma cougar and mountain lion in the cougar almanac. It is fairly indestructible and is unaffected by even harsh weather. For a short time i lived half way up stumphouse mountain in western south carolina on the edge of the blue ridge mountains. This is a life size mountain lion cougar puma in the flesh.

I didnt realize that a cougar and a wild cat were the same thing as well as being called a mountain lion or a puma. This cat species has most number of common names. A complete natural history of the mountain lion robert h. But no matter what you call it its still the same cat puma concolor the largest of the small cat species.

The cougar puma concolor is a large felid of the subfamily felinae native to the americas. We recently featured the puma lineage on our wild cat family facebook pagehere are the posts about the puma also known as the mountain lion and cougar among many other names. The cougar is a wild cat found in many different habitats throughout north america central america and south americathe cougar has more names than any other animal such as the mountain lion silver lion mexican lion mountain screamer red tiger panther puma deer tiger mountain cat and catamount. Due to its wide range it has many names including mountain.

Whats in a name. The adaptable puma puma concolor is also known as the cougar mountain lion and panther among many other names. Pumas are widespread from canada through north and central america to south america but have disappeared from many regions within this vast range due to persecution. Its range spans from the canadian yukon to the southern andes in south america and is the widest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the western hemisphereit is an adaptable generalist species occurring in most american habitat types.

Jan 29 2014 explore nina0042s board cats wild cougar puma mountain lion followed by 107 people on pinterest. This would make a great zoo or museum or even garden piece for avid collector. Busch lays out the derivation of the pumas two best known names both of which have. In popular usage cougar and mountain lion are the most widespread alternate monikers for the cat but many others exist.