| adult female cougar | gives birth every other year |  |
| gives birth in any month, more likely in late winter or midsummer | |
| has average number of babies 2-4 | |
| has gestation period 90-96 days | |
| has length 1.50-2.33 m | |
| has part three pairs of teats | |
| is a kind of adult cougar | |
| is a kind of female mammal | |
| reaches sexual maturity by 2 1/2 years | |
| weans kittens at 3 months | |
| weighs 36-60 kg | |
| adult cougar | can climb | |
| can swim | |
| eats deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, porcupine, beaver, snowshoe hare, mountain beaver, mouse, bird, domestic stock | |
| has colour tawny brown to greyish brown, darker on the mid-dorsal line and pale buff on the belly | |
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| is extremely wary of humans | |
| is nocturnal | |
| is solitary | |
| makes sound growl, hiss, cry, purr | |
| may attack humans occasionally | |
| stalks prey like a domestic cat | |
| uses set trails which may be 19-29 km long | |
| female mammal | gives birth to live babies | |
| suckles babies | |
| cougar | has distribution southern western Canada, the Maritimes | |
| has habitat mountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forests | |
| has name in French couguar | |
| has population density 1 cougar per 93 square km | |
| has scientific name Felis concolor | |
| is a top predator in the ecological pyramid | |
| is hunted with hounds | |
| is also called mountain lion | |
| keeps large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply | |
| likes catnip | |
| lives in cave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
| cat | has Family name Family Felidae | |
| is carnivorous | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
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