Cougar: Puma concolor

Random Facts: The cougar is the largest wild cat native to North America. A reclusive cat, it generally avoids people. A cougar can jump upward of 18 ft. from a sitting position. They are more closely related to the common house cat than to the four "Big Cats": Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, and Leopard. After a cougar is finished eating its prey, it will bury the carcass with leaves and debris and save it for another day. Cougars have also been highly admired in mythology and culture. The Inca city of "Cusco" is reported to have been designed in the shape of a cougar and the animal also gave it's name to both regions and people. The Moche people often depicted the cougar/puma in their ceramics, and the sky and thunder god of the Inca, Viracocha, has been associated with the animal.

Endangered:

Habitat: In Canada, they are mostly found in BC, Alberta, and sometime the Yukon. Sighting have been reported in Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Food: they feed on large animals, to mice, capable of killing a 600 pound moose or elk. An active male only needs to 14-20 mule deer a year to survive.