The Cougar is a tan yellow shaded cat whose
range is all across North & South America including Baja.
Size:
averaging 100 to 225 pounds, this is the world’s 4th largest cat. A length to 5’6” and height of 24 to 36” at
the shoulder. Powerfully built and agile
as a house cat, cougars can leap 15 to 18 feet vertically to climb a tree. They can leap as much as 40 feet
horizontally. The fastest animal in North America with short bursts of speed to
40 mph.
Prey: A generalist who will eat deer, mice,
rabbits & even insects, but not plants.
Cattle, goats & antelope are also prey in Baja. Large meals generally consumed once or twice
a week.
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Reproduction: Non seasonal like house cats. Litters normally every other year.
Gestation:
90 to 95 days
Cubs weaned: 4 to 6 weeks of age.
Normal is 1 or 2 cubs, but litters to 6.
Cubs stay with mom for up to 2 years
growing and learning to hunt on their own. Then they leave and must find a new
territory of their own.
Photo: Wikipedia
The largest purring cat!
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About the Author:
Keith Jones is the founder of Baja Jones Adventures, Jones Adventures, Tigress Tours in Thailand and Butanding Tours in the Philippine Islands and has led thousands of people to Mexico and other interesting locations around the world. He specializes in gray whale tour, blue whale tour, gray and blue whale combo tour, giant panda bear tour, walk a tiger tour, shark tour, African safari tour, African gorilla trek, arctic narwhal tour and Magdalena Bay whale watching tour. He also writes about Baja travel and gray whales. Keith Jones is the author of Gray Whales My Twenty Years of Discovery.
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