Mountain Lions are considered to be big cats and they are a member of the cat subfamily Felinae.
There are mountain lions in Nova Scotia.
Mountain Lions are also known as cougars, panthers, pumas etc.
The eastern cougar is known by many names-panther, painter, puma, mountain lion, or carcajou.
It is officially listed as an endangered species by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and receives full protection in Nova Scotia.
The four big cats are the Lion, Jaguar, Leopard and Tiger.
The "big cats" are the tiger, lion, leopard and jaguar - all members of the genus Panthera.
In 2008 the snow leopard was moved into the panthera genus but the move is controversial.
The snow leopard does not have the ability to roar.
All four of the roaring big cats are endangered species.
A lion is indeed a cat and they are also related to domestic cats.
A lion - Panthera Leo - is a Feline, related to other cats including Tigers, Jaguars, Cheetahs, Lynx, Bobcats, and yes, domestic cats.
They are not part of the canine family or related to dogs (Canis lupus familiaris).
Lions are not black and black lions do not exist although lions can have a black mane to them but a full black lion is not real.
You can track mountain lions through tracking the mountain lions footprints.
Mountain lion footprints are generally round with a diameter from 2.75 to 3.75 inches.
They show four toes, normally without claws.
Their tracks are asymmetrical with a leading toe, which allows left and right tracks to be differentiated.
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.