apt-puma

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Scientific Name:
couger /mountain lion

Physical description:
brown/5-6 ft.

Size:
250-500 pounds

Average lifespan:
30 years if in a zoo and if not about 10-15 years

Habitat:
Canada, the United States and Mexico

Range:
cougers don't maintain home ranges

Diet:
bulls, grasshoppers, snakes, doe and deers

Behavior & adaptations to its way of life:
long claws so if any danger they can climbing in trees and thick fur for cold weather

How it reproduces:
male pumas will usually fight for the female until female chooses one

Relationship to other animals (predator/prey, parasite, etc.):
pumas are at the top of the food chain no predator other than humans

Relationship to people:
puma can attack but if scared they will run away

History:
have been indangered but now well protected