adult cougar | hounds | mountain lion | 36-103 kg | large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply | | 1.50-2.74 m | catnip | | | | humans occasionally | which may be 19-29 km long | short fur | southern western Canada, the Maritimes | | humans | deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, porcupine, beaver, snowshoe hare, mountain beaver, mouse, bird, domestic stock | | couguar | cave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket | prey like a domestic cat |  | tawny brown to greyish brown, darker on the mid-dorsal line and pale buff on the belly | cougar | growl, hiss, cry, purr | in the ecological pyramid | mountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forests | Felis concolor | 1 cougar per 93 square km | Order Carnivora | | Family Felidae |
adult female cougar | hounds | mountain lion | 36-60 kg | large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply | 90-96 days | 1.50-2.33 m | catnip | every other year | 2 1/2 years | babies | humans occasionally | which may be 19-29 km long | three pairs of teats | southern western Canada, the Maritimes | kittens at 3 months | humans | deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, porcupine, beaver, snowshoe hare, mountain beaver, mouse, bird, domestic stock | any month, more likely in late winter or midsummer | couguar | cave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket | prey like a domestic cat |  | tawny brown to greyish brown, darker on the mid-dorsal line and pale buff on the belly | female mammal | growl, hiss, cry, purr | in the ecological pyramid | mountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forests | Felis concolor | 1 cougar per 93 square km | Order Carnivora | live babies | Family Felidae |