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South American Puma Hunting |
![]() Puma or Cougar(Puma concolor) Current SCI all time record: Score 16 1/16 Description: Pumas are plain colored cats, hence the Latin name concolor which means one color, that vary in color from silvery gray to tawny to reddish. Coloration can be very different even between siblings. Faint horizontal stripes may occur on the upper forelegs, remnants of the light spotting that covers the young. Melanism is widely reported in the tropics but not in North America; albinism is infrequent. Other Common Names: Cougar, Mountain Lion Size: Pumas are the second-largest cat in the New World, with adult males weighing 145 - 107 lb. (72-53 kg); females weigh 97 - 69 lb. (48-34 kg); exceptional males weigh up to 243 lb. (120 kg). Pumas are larger toward the extreme southern or northern parts of their range (away from the equator) and have large feet and proportionately the longest hind feed of the cat family. Range: Throughout South America except the east and west coasts, primarily hunted in Argentina; year around. Natural History: Pumas have a very broad latitudinal range encompassing a diverse array of habitats, including arid desert to tropical rain forest to cold coniferous forest. Several studies suggest that habitat with dense undergrowth is preferred but pumas can also live in very open habitats that contain only a minimum of vegetative cover. Pumas are occasionally reported from areas of intensive agricultural cultivation although such animals are likely to be transient. Pumas are primarily nocturnal and most active and dusk and dawn. Males make scrapes in prominent locations, and especially along the boundaries of their home ranges. Large kills are often covered with scraped-over vegetation and dirt and pumas often remain in the vicinity, returning frequently to feed until the entire carcass is consumed. Hunting Characteristics: |
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