πΎCougar
The cougar, also called puma, mountain lion, catamount, and panther, is a large feline 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 species, occurring in most American habitat types. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking but also lives in open areas.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 48 kg
- Body length
- 1.68 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.76 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Cougar
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass48 kgCOMBINEOther figures βHide β
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Figures vary
- 63 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.68 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Shoulder height0.76 maverageOther figures βHide β
Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: male.
By sex
- Male0.76 mWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cougar (Puma concolor) species page, https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/puma-concolor"Adult males stand about 30 inches tall at the shoulder." Males only; the same page notes adult females are smaller ("Adult female cougars rarely exceed 110 pounds"). 30 in = 0.76 m. ADW and Currier 1983 (Mammalian Species 200) give no shoulder height.
Brain mass133 gCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures βHide β
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- 27 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.38 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Age at maturity2.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation92 daysCOMBINEOther figures βHide β
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- 92 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures βHide β
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- 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Home range130 kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Population density0.06 per kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l48 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Cougar yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderCarnivora
- βΊfamilyFelidae
- βΊgenusPuma
- βΊspeciesPuma concolor
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans Β· Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusPuma
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans Β· Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusPuma
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