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The big cat species addressed in these regulations are the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah, jaguar, cougar, and any hybrid of these species (liger, tigon, etc.). Private ownership is not prohibited, but the law makes it illegal to transport, sell, or purchase such animals in interstate or foreign commerce.
Jaguar/lion hybrid, Rothschild Museum, Tring. A jaglion or jaguon is the offspring between a male jaguar and a female lion (lioness). A mounted specimen is on display at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Hertfordshire, England. It has the lion's background color, brown, jaguar-like rosettes and the powerful build of the jaguar.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, various cougar hybrids with differing big cats were attempted in captivity and reportedly successful, including cougar × leopard (called a pumapard), and cougar × jaguar. [12] Additionally, at least one instance of hybridization between a cougar and an ocelot has occurred in captivity. [13]
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger.
Puma concolor: 53.1–71 [15] (117-156) 105.2 (231) (Verified) [20] 125.2 (275) (Unverified) [21] 1.5–2.4 [22] 2.8 [23] 53–88 [24] North and South America: 5 Leopard: Panthera pardus: 30–65.8 [25] [26] (66-143) 108 (238) [27] 1.6–2.3 [28] 2.75 [29] [30] 44–78 [31] Africa, Europe and Asia: 6 Cheetah: Acinonyx jubatus: 36.7–54.1 [32 ...
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It was about 8:30 p.m. when the spotted beast appeared and stopped to sniff at mountain lion scat before opening its jaw. The jaguar showed off its canines to the camera as the light reflected off ...
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).