A lion can fight a gorilla and if a lion were to fight a gorilla the lion would have a very good chance at killing the gorilla in a single fight.
In a fight between a lion and a tiger the tiger will win in 90 percent of cases even though a lion is stronger in terms of muscle.
Tigers are slightly faster than lions and more agile and ferocious which makes it easier for the tiger to win the fight against the lion.
A lion is stronger than a tiger as tigers are 60 to 70 percent muscle and have lower bone density than lions.
A year old mountain lion is usually around 2 to 3 feet in length and when full grown at around 3 to 5 years old they can reach lengths of 8 feet.
Adult male mountain lions can grow to an excess of 8 feet in length, including the tail, and weigh an average of 140-150 pounds.
Adult female mountain lions can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh an average of 80-90 pounds.
Mountain lions have very long tails which can be more than a third of the total length of the animal.
The difference between a cougar and a mountain lion is in the coloration.
The mountain lion and cougar are really essentially the same animal.
All cougars have a tawny coat with a lighter underbelly.
However, differences in coloration are seen depending on the climate.
Mountain lions may have silvery, slightly longer fur, while cougars from warm areas – the Florida panther and the South American cougar – have a more reddish coloration.
The farthest east that cougars live extends from from Maine south to Georgia, west into eastern Missouri and eastern Illinois, and north to Michigan and Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, anada.
Although there is a small subspecies of panthers in Florida, most live west of the east side of the rocky mountains, cougars can be found along the western half of Montana, through the western two-thirds of Wyoming and Colorado, along the eastern border of New Mexico, and down to the Mexican border in Texas.
Cougars don't usually have much preying on them but a bear or even a wolf could kill a cougar and eat them.
Mountain lion enemies don't threaten the cougar via predation; cougars have no natural predators.
They do, however, compete with gray wolves and grizzly bears for resources and can come into conflict with these animals as a result.
The greatest enemy and one of the only true cougar predators is humankind.
Cougars mostly prey on deer although they also prey on other animals such as raccoons, porcupines and coyotes.
There are cougars in New Brunswick.
The Eastern Cougar is a source of mystique and controversy in New Brunswick.
There exists little concrete proof that it is a permanent resident of the province, even though there are often reports of sightings.
Cougars are protected from hunting and killing in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario.
Despite this, their population does not seem to have increased.
The deer population in New Brunswick is high enough to support 140-250 Cougars.
It's estimated that in America there are at least 30,000 cougars.
The report reveals the five states with the highest numbers of mountain lions killed by trophy hunters are, in ranking order: Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.
Today viable, breeding cougar populations are found in just the sixteen states of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, Texas, and Florida.
The cougar's total breeding population is estimated at less than 50,000 by the IUCN, with a declining trend. U.S. state-level statistics are often more optimistic, suggesting cougar populations have rebounded.
Cougars and bobcats are most easily distinguished by their size.
Cougars are considered large cats, with bodies 5 to 6 feet in length including their long tails.
Bobcats are mid-sized cats measuring just 2 to 3.5 feet long and weighing up to 40 pounds, about twice the size of a domestic cat.
The cougar is a large cat of the subfamily Felinae.
Native to the Americas, its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
Cougars are dangerous to humans and pose a risk to those living or recreating in rural areas.
Cougars are the most elusive and least aggressive of the world's large cats.
They are afraid of people and do not recognize or seek us out as prey.
They want to avoid you and not be seen.
The cougar scream is linked to mating activities.
In female cougars, it often is believed to be an indication of the heat cycle.
Heat in cougars takes place at many points during the span of a year.
When male cougar screams, it often is due to the rivalry for the attention of females.