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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 mountain lion did not harm any officer or official during containment, though MySA reported that officials said an officer used deadly force when the mountain lion began to charge at him. The ...
Deadly mountain lion attacks are exceptionally rare. ... Mountain lions have large ranges of up to 10 miles by 10 miles, and Saturday’s attack may have been from an animal that was still young ...
The CDFW confirmed on Sunday that DNA samples collected from the scene matched samples that were taken from the mountain lion’s carcass, meaning it was the same animal that performed the deadly ...
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 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.
The attack shocked the foothill community and was the first deadly mountain lion encounter in California in 20 years.
Vehicle strikes, rat poison, inbreeding, urban encroachment and wildfire are contributing to an 'extinction vortex' for mountain lions.