Costa Rican cougar

Costa Rican Cougar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Puma
Species:	P. concolor
Subspecies:	P. c. costaricensis
Trinomial name
Puma concolor costaricensis (Merriam, 1901)

The Costa Rican Cougar, Puma concolor costaricensis^[1], is an Least Concern subspecies of feline^[2]. This Cougar subspecies usually hunts at night and may sometimes travel long distances in search of food. Its average litter size is 3 cubs. The animal has a solid tan-colored coat without spots. This particular subspecies ranks as the second largest cat in Costa Rica and can be found in various places and habitats. They weigh 25-80kg ^[3] . Like other cougars, it is amazingly fast, and can maneuver quite easily and skillfully. Even though conservation efforts of the Costa Rican Cougar has decreased against the Jaguar, it is less hunted because they have no spots^[4].

References

1. ^ http://www.panthera.org/species/cougar/subspecies
2. ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/18868/0
3. ^ Sunquist, Mel; Sunquist, Fiona (2002). Wild Cats of the World. The University of Chicago Press. pp. 452. ISBN 0-226-77999-8. 
4. ^ http://www.panthera.org/species/cougar/subspecies