Interesting Facts

• Cougars are known by many names such as puma, mountain lion,painter, panther, and catamount.  This beautiful cat is solitary and quite secretive.
• The cougar is one of the most adaptive cat species.  It can be found in a wide variety of habitats, from the mountains to sea level, in grasslands and swamps, from North America to South America.
• Cougars are the largest of the small cat species and the second largest cat in the western hemisphere behind the jaguar, which is a big cat species.  Cougars can hiss, growl and purr like domestic cats but can also make a loud vocalization that sounds like a human scream.