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Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther. Over 130 attacks have been documented in [1] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities.
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), sometimes called the mountain lion, catamount, or puma, is a large small cat 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.
Wildlife officials killed a mountain lion they suspected of attacking goats — and a pet dog — in Colorado. The first report of a mountain lion attacking goats came in Feb. 1 from a property in ...
On Monday, the mountain lion jumped over a 5-foot-tall fence between the backyard and a creek behind Davis’ house, spooking her dog. She posted a video of that incident on Nextdoor as well.
The owner told Rulon that he kicked the mountain lion, but it grabbed the dog anyway, Rulon said in the post. While the owner ran for help, Rulon said, a woman driving by who witnessed the attack ...
[1] [2] The legend is that the dogs were bred to be an homage of the lion in the town crest [1] and coat-of-arms animal of Leonberg, the lion. [18] The Leonberger dog became popular with several European royal households, including Napoleon II, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the Prince of Wales, Otto Von Bismarck, [19] Emperor Napoleon III, and ...
A mountain lion has attacked and killed a "precious" pitbull named Gigi in a Los Angeles suburb. Rey Constante, a resident of the northern Los Angels suburb of Sylmar, said in a post on Facebook ...