Fast facts -- The big cats!

Cougar
-- The cougar, also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is native to the Americas.
-- This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America.
-- The cougar is found in every major American habitat type and is the second heaviest cat in the American continents after the jaguar. Although large, the cougar is most closely related to smaller felines.
-- Cougar is extremely agile and can leap up to 20 feet using their tail as a rudder.
-- Like domestic cats, cougars vocalize low-pitched hisses, growls, and purrs, as well as chirps and whistles.