A cougar is from the cat famliy. It can also be called a puma, mountain lion, or a panther. Cougars live along the westcoast of the United States, including California and New Mexico. The Canadian states they live in are British Columbia and Alberta. Their habitat is mountains, forests, lowland swamps, and grasslands.
Cougars are carnivores.
They only eat meat. They find their prey at night. Their prey can be horses, elk, deer, domestic cattle, and smaller mammals. The diet in the Brandywine Zoo is rats, horsemeat, and chicken. A cougar's body length is 5-6 feet, not including the tail.