Cougar

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=Appearance=


 * adult males are 2.4m long.
 * adult males weigh between 58 and 68kgs
 * adult females are 2.2m long[[image:http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/puma%20cougar/cougar%2082.jpg width="237" height="179" align="right"]]
 * adult females weigh between 40 and 50kgs
 * plain coat
 * darker colour on back
 * small head
 * rounded ears
 * muscular legs
 * dark markings around nose
 * long tail
 * dark markings around nose
 * backs of ears are black
 * hind legs are longer

=Home=


 * western Canada southwest Alberta, interior BC[[image:http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/cory_amy/Buttons%20and%20Pics/Cougar%20teeth.jpg width="233" height="152" align="right"]]
 * western US, Florida
 * Mexico and Central & South America
 * BC coast,on Vancouver Island
 * forests
 * mountains
 * grasslands
 * swamps
 * semi-deserts
 * caves, rocks, bushes and thick undergrowth
 * southern​ Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick
 * native to Canada

=Food=
 * meat eater
 * white-tailed deer
 * elk
 * moose calves
 * birds and smaller mammals
 * porcupine
 * beaver
 * coyote
 * fox
 * hare
 * rabbit
 * raccoon
 * sheep
 * pigs
 * horses
 * ground squirrel

= Young =


 * gives birth every second year
 * called kittens or cubs
 * born in a cave
 * weighs about 200 to 450 grams at birth
 * eyes closed at birth open in ten days
 * blue eyes when born
 * walking in two weeks
 * drinks mother's milk for up to three months
 * eats meat at six weeks of age
 * stays with mother for the first winter
 * litters average 2 to 4 cubs

=Enemies=
 * man
 * farmers
 * ranchers
 * wolf
 * grizzly bear

=Cool Facts=
 * backs of ears are black
 * good climber
 * makes huge leaps
 * great sight and hearing
 * runs fast over short distances
 * hunts over a wide area
 * stalks prey
 * bites animal's throat or neck
 * likes to avoid people
 * may have as many as six cubs
 * don't usually attack humans
 * 40 different names

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