ANIMAL FACTSHEET

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FACTS AT A
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NAMES
Mountain lion, cougar jumper, and the second largest cat in the Americas.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME
Puma concolor
HABITA BEHAVIOU
ANIMAL
Pumas are able to live in a wide variety Like most cats, the puma lives and
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territorial.
male: 2.4 m , female: 2.05 m
The puma is a member of the subfamily The territory of a male puma is
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other than meat.
WEIGHT
M: 53-120 kg, F: 29-64 kg
The cubs drink their mother’s milk for around 3 months, but have begun to eat meat after 6
weeks. Their mother teaches them to hunt, and at six months they begin to prey on small
CONSERVATION STATUS animals.
Least Concern, endangered, etc.
Kemal YILDIZ
Biology Department
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TAXONOMY DIET
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and rocky mountainsides. The puma holds the record for
YOUR CHOSEN ANIMAL.
………………………… being the cat found at the highest elevation: an individual was seen at 5,800
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m in the Andes. The cat family Felidae is split into two subfamilies:
PHYLUM : Pantherinae (the big cats) and Felinae (the small cats).

………………………… ECONOMIC VALUE

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being the cat found at the highest elevation: an individual was seen at 5,800
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………………………… m in the Andes. The cat family Felidae is split into two subfamilies:
Pantherinae (the big cats) and Felinae (the small cats).
ORDER :

INTERACTION WITH HUMANS

Pumas are able to live in a wide variety of habitats, including forests,
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mountainsides. The“THE INTEREACTION
puma holds the record for
WITH HUMANS” TITLE OF YOUR CHOSEN ANIMAL.
being the cat found at the highest elevation: an individual was seen at 5,800
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m in the Andes. The cat family Felidae is split into two subfamilies:
Pantherinae (the big cats) and Felinae (the small cats).

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CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
Pumas are able to live in a wide variety of habitats, including forests,
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The puma holds the record for
SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR CHOSEN ANIMAL.
being the cat found at the highest elevation: an individual was seen at 5,800
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m in the Andes. The cat family Felidae is split into two subfamilies:
Pantherinae (the big cats) and Felinae (the small cats).

ThePREPARED
cubs drink BY
their mother’s:milk
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for around 3 months, but have begun to eat meat after 6
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Their mother teaches them to hunt, and at six months they begin to prey on small
animals.
ACADEMIC YEAR : 2023/2024

Kemal YILDIZ
Biology Department