Mountain Lions

The mountain lion, also known as the cougar or puma, is the largest of the small cats. It holds the Guinness world record for the animal with the greatest number of names; it has over 40 names in English alone. The mountain lion has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from the top of Canada to the bottom of South America. There are six subspecies of mountain lion, and it is one of the only cat species native to Canada.

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