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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), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large 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.
The mountain lion was euthanized by a ranger after climbing into a tree following the attack. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
"The children were playing in the immediate vicinity of the family’s picnic table when a mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy," the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
Officials later euthanized the mountain lion after determining it was a threat to public safety. The cats can weigh up to 150 pounds and be up to eight feet long.
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).
El Dorado deputies said the agency receives calls to 911 for a “significant volume of mountain lion sightings each day” in the county. In developing the new protocol, the Sheriff’s Office ...
The South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor), also known as the Andean mountain lion [4] or puma, [5] is a cougar subspecies occurring in northern and western South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. [6] It is the nominate subspecies.