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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.
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 ...
A 5-year-old boy was attacked by a mountain lion and required hospital treatment over the Labor Day weekend at a California state park. The attack unfolded Sunday afternoon as a family from ...
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.
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.
P-22 (c. 2009/2010 – December 17, 2022) was a wild mountain lion who resided in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, on the eastern side of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Cool Facts About Mountain Lions. While the mountain lion in the Weather Channel's video is still a cub, it's clear he's not a baby by his size, and the fact that he's alone. Cubs start hunting for ...
National Heritage Information Centre: General Element Report: Puma concolor Archived 2015-09-04 at the Wayback Machine; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Eastern Cougar Fact Sheet; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; Photograph of a black or dark cougar in Costa Rica; Largest North American Cat: Mountain Lion (Cougar)