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cougar comparison table
Subject be hunted with swim call weigh wean by keep have length like be born in attack use set trails has part have distribution be extremely wary of eat be nocturnal climb have name in French live in stalk have picture be solitary have colour is a kind of make sound be a top predator have habitat have scientific name have population density open eyes at stay with lose spots at be playful
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cougarhounds mountain lion  large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply catnip    southern western Canada, the Maritimes    couguarcave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket    cat in the ecological pyramidmountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forestsFelis concolor1 cougar per 93 square km    
adult cougarhounds mountain lion36-103 kg large herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply1.50-2.74 mcatnip humans occasionallywhich may be 19-29 km longshort fursouthern western Canada, the Maritimeshumansdeer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, porcupine, beaver, snowshoe hare, mountain beaver, mouse, bird, domestic stock  couguarcave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicketprey like a domestic cat tawny brown to greyish brown, darker on the mid-dorsal line and pale buff on the bellycougargrowl, hiss, cry, purrin the ecological pyramidmountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forestsFelis concolor1 cougar per 93 square km    
cougar kittenhounds mountain lion400 g at birth3 monthslarge herbivores within the carrying capacity of their food supply300 mm at birthcatnipany month of the year, more likely in late winter or midsummer  woolly, spotted coat at birthsouthern western Canada, the Maritimes meat after 6 weeks  couguarcave, crevice among rocks, under bank or tree, in hollow stump or thicket    cougar in the ecological pyramidmountains, canyons, swamps, wooded river valleys, coniferous forestsFelis concolor1 cougar per 93 square km10 daysits mother for a year6 months 

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