pumas
Tawny American cats
Pumas are large wild cats native to the Americas, also called cougars or mountain lions.
The plural of puma, these tawny predators range from Canada to South America: Pumas have been spotted in the foothills recently.
The word comes from Quechua through Spanish.
Large tawny American feline
- catamountNorth American wild cat
- pantherLarge dark wildcat
- felidCat family animal
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
Americas · stealth · ambush · deer · territory · secretive · elusive · tawny
Small furry housepet
paws · retractable · carnivore · mammal · agile · muscular · solitary · territorial
Organism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
carnivore · prey · nocturnal · stalking · camouflage · survival · tracking · fauna
mountain lion
Large tawny American feline
solitary · Americas · stealth · ambush · deer · territory · secretive · elusive · tawny · scream
cat
Small furry housepet
tail · paws · retractable · carnivore · mammal · agile · muscular · solitary · territorial · grooming
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
predator · carnivore · prey · nocturnal · stalking · camouflage · survival · tracking · fauna · biodiversity
mountain
Tall natural landmass
forest · terrain · elevation · wilderness · brushland · ridge · foothills · scrubland · desert · rugged
- seres vivosanimales, animal, bacteria, bacterias, reptiles
- carnivoransdogs, cats, wolves, foxes, bears
- ChileSantiago, Valparaiso, Patagonia, Atacama, Easter Island
- tropical rainforestAmazon rainforest, rainforest canopy, tropical forests, sloths, howler monkeys
- cloud forestsepiphytes, mosses, bromeliads, orchids, tree ferns
- paramocushion plant, peat bog, peat bogs, bogs, bog
pumasdeer
Antlered hoofed mammal
elk · bighorn sheep · rabbits · rodents · livestock
pumashouse cats
Domesticated feline companions
domestic cats · housecats · tabbies · kittens · lap cats
pumaswolves
Wild pack canines
wolf packs · lions · African wild dogs · hyenas · orcas
- puma cubYoung mountain lion