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Pumas are large wild cats.
Puma Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Puma
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Other Names: Cougar, Mountain Lion, Panther,
and Catamount
Puma in Foreign Languages:
Afrikaans: puma
Albanian: pumë
Azerbaijani: puma
Basque: puma
Catalan: puma
Croatian: puma
Czech: puma
Danish: puma
Dutch: poema
Estonian: puuma
Filipino: puma
Finnish: puuma
French: puma
Galician: puma
Georgian: puma
German: Puma
Haitian Creole: puma
Hindi: puma
Hungarian: puma
Icelandic: Puma
Indonesian: puma
Irish: púma
Italian: puma
Latvian: puma
Lithuanian: puma
Macedonia: puma
Malay: puma
Maltese: Puma
Norwegian: puma
Polish: puma
Portugese: puma
Romanian: puma
Slovak: puma
Slovenian: puma
Spanish: puma
Swahili: puma
Swedish: puma
Turkish: puma
Urdu: puma
Welsh: Puma
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Puma
Conservation Status:
Data Insufficient
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Species: The puma has more than 30 subspecies.
Size: Pumas measure 2 to 2.3 feet at shoulders,
and weigh 100 to 180 lbs. Pumas measure 3.5 to 5.5 feet.
Male pumas weigh more than their female counterparts.
Habitat: Pumas are native to Asia, America
and Africa. Pumas in habit areas that are coniferous,
tropical forests, swamps or grasslands.
Description: Pumas are large wild cats. They
are powerfully built, with large paws, sharp retractable
claws.
Behavior: Pumas are most active at dawn and
dusk. Pumas may take up temporary shelter in dense vegetation,
caves, or rocky crevices.
Diet: Pumas prey on deer, moose, elk and small
animals like mice, squirrels, porcupines, raccoons,
rabbits and beavers.
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Gestation: Pumas carry their young for
82 to 96 days.
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Did You Know?
The puma does not have a flexible hyoid
and are unable to roar.
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Birth: Pumas give birth to 2 to 4 kittens in
a litter. A newborn puma kitten weighs 8 to 15 ounces.
Sexually Mature: Pumas become sexually mature
around 3 years of age.
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Life Span: Pumas live 12 years in the
wild. Pumas will live up to 25 years in captivity.
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Did You Know?
The puma has the largest range of any
wild land animal in the Americas.
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Social Structure: The puma is solitary, except
during breeding.
Athleticism: Pumas can leap up to 20 feet in
a single jump. Pumas can run up to 30 miles per hour.
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