cougar
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The research comes as wolf and cougar territories increasingly overlap across the western United States.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
“It was so strong,” McVay said of the cougar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
To better understand how evolution shaped these sounds, the researchers compared domestic cat meows with those of five wild cat species: African wildcat, European wildcat, jungle cat, cheetah, and cougar.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
On the night of Aug. 10, Yasmin Lopez’s father was walking their pit bull, Gigi, in Oakridge Mobile Home Park when the cougar pounced on the dog.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2024
The lab report came back that it was indeed the scat of Felis concolor, the eastern mountain lion, also variously and respectfully known as the panther, cougar, puma, and, especially in New England, catamount.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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