Cougar

The cougar (Puma concolor) (, KOO-gər), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount, and panther, 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. Its range spans Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, the Rocky Mountains and areas in the western United States. Further south, its range extends through Mexico to the Amazon rainforest and the southern Andes Mountains in Patagonia. It is an adaptable generalist spec

population of North American cougar in Florida

subspecies of cougar

200px|thumb|A pumapard, the Rothschild Museum, Tring, England (front view) 200px|thumb|A pumapard, the Rothschild Museum, Tring, England (side view) A pumapard is a hybrid of a cougar and a leopard. Both male cougar with female leopard and male leopard with female cougar pairings have produced offspring. In general, these hybrids have exhibited a tendency to dwarfism. ==Characteristics== Whether born to a male cougar mated to a leopardess, or to a male leopard mated to a female cougar, pumapards inherit a form of dwarfism. Those reported grew to only half the size of the parents. They have a l

subspecies of mammal

extinct population of cougar in eastern part of North America