Amazing Wild Animal Attack - PUMA/cougar/ KILLS SLOTH !!! Great Shot !!!

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"Mountain lion" redirects here. For other uses, see Cougar (disambiguation) and Mountain lion (disambiguation). Cougar[1] Temporal range: 0.3–0 Ma PreЄЄOSDCPTJKPgN Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2] Scientific classification e Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Puma Species: P. concolor Binomial name Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) Subspecies P. c. anthonyi – eastern South America P. c. cabrerae – central South America P. c. concolor – northern South America P. c. coryi? – south Florida P. c. costaricensis – Central America P. c. cougar – North America P. c. puma – southern South America Also see text Cougar range map 2010.png Cougar range Synonyms Felis concolor The cougar (Puma concolor), also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, panther, or catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas. Its range, from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes of South America, is the greatest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.[3] An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in most American habitat types. It is the second-heaviest cat in the New World, after the jaguar. Secretive and largely solitary by nature, the cougar is properly considered both nocturnal and crepuscular, although there are daytime sightings.[4][5][6][7] The cougar is more closely related to smaller felines, including the domestic cat (subfamily Felinae), than to any species of subfamily Pantherinae,[1][8][9] of which only the jaguar is native to the Americas. The cougar is an ambush predator and pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources are ungulates, particularly deer, but also livestock. It also hunts species as small as insects and rodents. This cat prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking, but can also live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and survives at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While large, it is not always the apex predator in its range, yielding to the jaguar, gray wolf, American black bear, and grizzly bear. It is reclusive and mostly avoids people. Fatal attacks on humans are rare, but have recently been increasing in North America as more people enter their territories.[10] Intensive hunting following European colonization of the Americas and the ongoing human development of cougar habitat has caused populations to drop in most parts of its historical range. In particular, the cougar was extirpated in eastern North America in the beginning of the 20th century, except for an isolated Florida panther subpopulation. Transient males have been verified in Minnesota,[11] Missouri,[12] Wisconsin,[13] Iowa,[14][15] the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Illinois, where a cougar was shot in the city limits of Chicago[16][17][18] and, in at least one instance, observed as far east as coastal Connecticut.[19][20] Reports of eastern cougars (P. c. cougar) still surface, although it was declared extirpated in 2011. Subspecies Until the late 1980s, as many as 32 subspecies were recorded; genetic study of mitochondrial DNA[35] found many of these are too similar to be recognized as distinct at a molecular level. Following the research, the canonical Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.) recognizes six subspecies, five of which are solely found in Latin America:[1] Argentine cougar (Puma concolor cabrerae) Pocock, 1940: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms hudsonii and puma Costa Rican cougar (P. c. costaricensis) Merriam, 1901 Eastern South American cougar (P. c. anthonyi) Nelson and Goldman, 1931: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms acrocodia, borbensis, capricornensis, concolor, greeni, and nigra North American cougar (P. c. couguar) Kerr, 1792: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms arundivaga, aztecus, browni, californica, floridana, hippolestes, improcera, kaibabensis, mayensis, missoulensis, olympus, oregonensis, schorgeri, stanleyana, vancouverensis, and youngi Northern South American cougar (P. c. concolor) Linnaeus, 1771: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms bangsi, incarum, osgoodi, soasoaranna, sussuarana, soderstromii, suçuaçuara, and wavula Southern South American cougar (P. c. puma) Molina, 1782: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms araucanus, concolor, patagonica, pearsoni, and puma Incerta sedis Florida panther (P. c. coryi) The status of the Florida panther remains uncertain.

Amazing Wild Animal Attack - PUMA/cougar/ KILLS SLOTH !!! Great Shot !!!

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"Mountain lion" redirects here. For other uses, see Cougar (disambiguation) and Mountain lion (disambiguation). Cougar[1] Temporal range: 0.3–0 Ma PreЄЄOSDCPTJKPgN Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2] Scientific classification e Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Puma Species: P. concolor Binomial name Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) Subspecies P. c. anthonyi – eastern South America P. c. cabrerae – central South America P. c. concolor – northern South America P. c. coryi? – south Florida P. c. costaricensis – Central America P. c. cougar – North America P. c. puma – southern South America Also see text Cougar range map 2010.png Cougar range Synonyms Felis concolor The cougar (Puma concolor), also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, panther, or catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas. Its range, from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes of South America, is the greatest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.[3] An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in most American habitat types. It is the second-heaviest cat in the New World, after the jaguar. Secretive and largely solitary by nature, the cougar is properly considered both nocturnal and crepuscular, although there are daytime sightings.[4][5][6][7] The cougar is more closely related to smaller felines, including the domestic cat (subfamily Felinae), than to any species of subfamily Pantherinae,[1][8][9] of which only the jaguar is native to the Americas. The cougar is an ambush predator and pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources are ungulates, particularly deer, but also livestock. It also hunts species as small as insects and rodents. This cat prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking, but can also live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and survives at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While large, it is not always the apex predator in its range, yielding to the jaguar, gray wolf, American black bear, and grizzly bear. It is reclusive and mostly avoids people. Fatal attacks on humans are rare, but have recently been increasing in North America as more people enter their territories.[10] Intensive hunting following European colonization of the Americas and the ongoing human development of cougar habitat has caused populations to drop in most parts of its historical range. In particular, the cougar was extirpated in eastern North America in the beginning of the 20th century, except for an isolated Florida panther subpopulation. Transient males have been verified in Minnesota,[11] Missouri,[12] Wisconsin,[13] Iowa,[14][15] the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Illinois, where a cougar was shot in the city limits of Chicago[16][17][18] and, in at least one instance, observed as far east as coastal Connecticut.[19][20] Reports of eastern cougars (P. c. cougar) still surface, although it was declared extirpated in 2011. Subspecies Until the late 1980s, as many as 32 subspecies were recorded; genetic study of mitochondrial DNA[35] found many of these are too similar to be recognized as distinct at a molecular level. Following the research, the canonical Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.) recognizes six subspecies, five of which are solely found in Latin America:[1] Argentine cougar (Puma concolor cabrerae) Pocock, 1940: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms hudsonii and puma Costa Rican cougar (P. c. costaricensis) Merriam, 1901 Eastern South American cougar (P. c. anthonyi) Nelson and Goldman, 1931: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms acrocodia, borbensis, capricornensis, concolor, greeni, and nigra North American cougar (P. c. couguar) Kerr, 1792: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms arundivaga, aztecus, browni, californica, floridana, hippolestes, improcera, kaibabensis, mayensis, missoulensis, olympus, oregonensis, schorgeri, stanleyana, vancouverensis, and youngi Northern South American cougar (P. c. concolor) Linnaeus, 1771: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms bangsi, incarum, osgoodi, soasoaranna, sussuarana, soderstromii, suçuaçuara, and wavula Southern South American cougar (P. c. puma) Molina, 1782: includes the previous subspecies and synonyms araucanus, concolor, patagonica, pearsoni, and puma Incerta sedis Florida panther (P. c. coryi) The status of the Florida panther remains uncertain.