πΎCougar
De poema, bergleeuw of zilverleeuw (Puma concolor) is een katachtig dier dat in geheel Midden- en Zuid-Amerika en in het westen van Noord-Amerika voorkomt. Lang heeft men gedacht dat de poema schadelijk was voor de wildstand en uiteraard voor vee. Het laatste is wellicht juist, maar het eerste niet. De poema zorgt juist voor een gezonde opbouw van de populatie van zijn prooidieren. De poema is in grote delen van Amerika uitgeroeid, een lot dat hij deelt met vele andere wilde katachtigen. De poema leeft solitair en is territoriumgebonden. Hij is van nature echter niet agressief naar mensen en gaat indringers het liefst uit de weg.
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
All 14 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans Β· Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusPuma
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