Cougar

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Cougar

• Presented by
• Marielle
• Grade 4 Room 35

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Looks Like

• Other names for a cougar are catamount mountain
  lion , and puma . An adult mountain lion may be
  either a gray color or a reddish or yellowish
  color called tawny . The cubs have large
  brownish black spots on the body and dark rings
  on the short tail .

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Where It Lives

• Mountain lions live in western provinces and
  states from British Columbia to California and
  New Mexico . The cougar or mountain lion are also
  found in uninhabited areas of Florida and certain
  other parts of the South. The cougars home is in
  the forest. Near the rocky mountains .

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What it Eats

• Cougars prefer to eat deer , but beaver , rabbits
  , birds , and even mice and frogs are also hunted
  for food . They sometimes attack cattle .

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Enemies

• Other than humans , the cougars only enemy is
  the wolf.

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Life Cycle

• Mountain lions have from 1 to 5 cubs at a time ,
  generally two years apart. The average number is
  3 cubs.

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Interesting Facts

• The heaviest mountain lion on record weighed 227
  pounds ! In B.C. a woman was defending a child
  from a mountain lion . The woman got killed and
  was found in the forest .

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Why Is It Endangered ?

• The cougar is endangered because settlers and
  hunters kill them for their fur. Their fur is
  very soft. The hairs are fawn gray tipped with
  reddish brown or grey.

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How Can We Protect Them ?

• We can protect the cougar by telling the Governor
  to say that hunters and settlers shouldnt kill
  mountain lions. Keep them in an animal reserve .

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References

• I got all my pictures from Yahoo picture gallery
  and World Book. I got my information from world
  book and the website www. Animals .com

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Web Site

• Pictures Yahoo picture gallery.
• Program World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia.
• Web Site www. Animals . com