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 | |
is a kind of cat | |
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 | |