- From the snowy fields of the Yukon to the forested coastal mountains of Tierra del Fuego and from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the shores of the Atlantic. It occupied more territory and more environmental niches than any other land mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
- The male mountain lion reaches sexual maturity at about three years of age, the female, at about two and a half years of age
- In the English language the mountain lion has more than 40 names.
Kingdom -- Animalia -- All animals
Phylum -- Chordata -- Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish
Class -- Mammalia -- Vertebrate, milk-producing animals with hair
Order -- Carnivora -- Cats, canines, bears,badgers,weasels, skunks and others
Family -- Felidae -- Mountain lions, jaguarundis,
Genus -- Puma -- Mountain lion, jaguarundis
Species -- Puma concolor -- Mountain Lion Canadian lynx, jaguars, tigers, lions, margays, ocelots, leopards, cheetahs and domestic cats
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