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Natural history Information on range, ecology and status in the wild.

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Personal insight by Melissa G

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Further reading

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Did you know?

• The mountain lion has many different common names such as; cougar, puma, catamount, painter cat, screamer cat and Florida panther

• They have the largest distribution of any of the cats of the Americas from Canada to Argentina.

• The cougar is more closely related to small cats even though it is the 4th largest of the cat species.

• They can purr like a house cat.

• Catamounts are well known for their calls in mating season and it is likened to the sound of a woman screaming.

• The cubs of a puma have spots like a leopard till they get be about a year old.

• These cats live in a broad range of habitats, from the deserts to the tropical rainforest and from coast lines to the high mountains.