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Cougar or Mountain Lion
There are two cougar at GarLyn Zoological Park.
Mercury
pictured
above at two years old and
Zeke
pictured below at about one year old. We have had these two for about 6
years now. Cougar are powerful, and majestic animals that mainly prey on
larger animals like deer and elk. Cougar are
also known as "Puma, Mountain Lion, Panther, Catamount, depending on the region in which they
are found, are all the same basic animal. Cougar can grow to two hundred pounds or more.
Size and coloration can vary somewhat. They the largest cat in North America
and were once found all across continent, but
are now found mainly in the western united states and in Canada and the small endangered
Florida panther. Finally, Michigan has admitted the presents of cougar here
in our state. Up to 30 across the Upper Peninsula and possibly 20 in the northern lower
peninsula.
If you would like to see more photos of cougar at the zoo
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Click on the link below to hear some animal sounds at the zoo
Animal Sounds
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