Northern South American cougar
| Northern South American cougar | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Puma |
| Species: | P. concolor |
| Subspecies: | P. c. concolor |
| Trinomial name | |
| Puma concolor concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) | |
The Northern South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor) is a subspecies of the cougar. It is native to northern South America, living from Colombia and Venezuela to Peru and northern Brazil.
It is the nominate subspecies of Puma concolor.
- Prey
It preys on birds, deer, sloths, mice, frogs, agoutis, and lizards, as a result of coexisting with larger jaguars.[1]
They rarely prey on domesticated animals.[2]
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