Northern South American cougar

Northern South American cougar
Northern South American cougar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Puma
Species: P. concolor
Subspecies: P. c. concolor
Trinomial name
Puma concolor concolor
(Linnaeus, 1771)

The Indian Cougar, Puma concolor concolor, is a subspecies of the Cougar that lives in the northern part of South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Peru and northern Brazil. It is the nominate subspecies of Puma concolor. It preys on birds, deer, sloths, mice, frogs, agoutis, and lizards.



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