Puma
Gallery Location
Not on View
Geography: Place Collected
North America, Canada, Alberta
Date
Date Collected: 1936-02-28
Object number
ROMM3603090002
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Order Carnivora
- Family Felidae
- Genus Puma
- SpecificEpithet concolor
- Subspecies missaulensis
Department
Natural History: Mammals
Description
The cougar is the largest member of the cat family in North America. It feeds on deer and medium-sized mammals. No longer found in eastern Canada, populations of the cougar are thriving in the Rockies. In the west, it has become an occasional predator of humans due to the increased cougar populations and exposure resulting from human activity in the wild.
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