adult cougar | can climb | |
can swim | |
eats deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, porcupine, beaver, snowshoe hare, mountain beaver, mouse, bird, domestic stock | |
has colour tawny brown to greyish brown, darker on the mid-dorsal line and pale buff on the belly | |
has length 1.50-2.74 m | |
has picture | |
has part short fur | |
is extremely wary of humans | |
is nocturnal | |
is solitary | |
is a kind of cougar | |
makes sound growl, hiss, cry, purr | |
may attack humans occasionally | |
stalks prey like a domestic cat | |
uses set trails which may be 19-29 km long | |
weighs 36-103 kg | |
cougar | has distribution southern western Canada, the Maritimes | |
has habitat mountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forests | |
has name in French couguar | |
has population density 1 cougar per 93 square km | |
has scientific name Felis concolor | |
is a top predator in the ecological pyramid | |
is hunted with hounds | |
is also called mountain lion | |
keeps large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply | |
likes catnip | |
lives in cave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket | |
cat | has Family name Family Felidae | |
is carnivorous | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |