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Predators
Puma
Puma · Puma concolor
The puma is a master of concealment and glides silently through remote landscapes between forests and mountains.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 80 cm shoulder height and 60 to 100 kg in weight, males significantly heavier than females
- Males and females
- Males larger, with a more pronounced head and more powerful build
- Sounds
- Whistling, screaming or growling sounds, no true roar
- Diet
- Hunt mainly deer, but also small mammals and birds
- Offspring
- 2 to 4 young after about 3 months gestation, births mostly in spring
How to identify Puma
On first impression pumas appear sleek and powerful. Their coat is sandy to grey-beige, sometimes with a reddish tinge. Young animals still have spots and stripes at first, but adults are plain and unpatterned. The underside is usually lighter than the back, and the face is contrasted by a dark muzzle and pale cheeks.
With a total length of up to 2.40 metres and a shoulder height of about 60 to 80 centimetres, pumas are the largest cats in North America after the jaguar. Striking features are the long, powerful tail with dark tip and the athletic build with relatively small, rounded ears.
More in the app
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- general viewing tips
Where Puma live
Canada
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