Puma+Concolor

__**Puma Concolor: Cougar, Puma, Mountain Lion**__



Taxonomic : DOMAIN- Eurkarya KINGDOM- animalia PHYLUM- chordata CLASS- mammalia ORDER- carnivora FAMILY- felidae GENUS- puma SPEICES - concolor

Description: The Puma concolor is a large, slender, unspotted cat. They have muscular limbs and a long tail. There sizr may vary among subspecices. The kittens are black spotted until 3 to 4 months of age. In the young kittens the ey e color is blue, but as they age they to a gray, brown or golden color.

Unique Featres: Males and Females are signifficantly different from each other in size and behaviors. They have a lack of unique caracteristics among the species .Powerful forearms and paws and muscular jaw as well.

EUKARYOTIC CELL SEXUAL REPRODUCION HETEROTROPH

<span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Predators: Bears and other Pumas and humans

<span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A Symbiotic relationship may include the predator (puma) and its prey, in which the prey provides the food and nutrients the pumas need.

<span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Habitat: forrest, usually found in the estern hemisphere


 * <span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Facts: Top speed- 45 km/h


 * <span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Life span: 10-20 years


 * <span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Main prey: Elk, Deer, Beavers


 * <span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The puma is a mammal and will compete for prey with larger predators ones such as wolf packs and bears. The puma hunts the occasional bird.

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 * <span style="color: #905604; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pumas are highly territorial and found in mountain ranges and in some areas where there is dense, undisturbed forest. The population in today's time is declining mainly due to habitat loss.



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