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Questions and Answers About Puma (Mountain Lion, Cougar) |
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| Where do Puma live? | western North America, Mexico, Central
America, and South America many different habitats: lowland swamps, forest, deserts, grasslands, and mountain slopes |
| How big do they get? | body is 3 1/4 to 5 1/4 feet long; tail is 23 1/2 to 33 1/2 inches long. |
| How much do they weight? | males: 130 to 150 pounds |
| What do they eat? | deer |
| What are their enemies? | humans and bears |
| What do they look like? | tawny colored with black tipped ears and tip of the tail. May be grey in color also. |
| How many babies do they have? | litter of 3-4 spotted kittens |
| Do they have any special skills? | may drag their prey a long distance or bury it to come back to eat. like places where they can conceal themselves and pounce on their prey. |
| Are there any special facts about them? | have many regional names (over 40) including mountain lion, panther, cougar, catamount. |
| Do they live alone or in groups? | solitary hunters |
Resources:
National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia. Washington, D.C.: National
Geographic Society, 2000.
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