Males weigh from 130 to 160 pounds, females average around 90 pounds. Dorsal fur coloration generally is yellowish red becoming lighter at the flanks, with reddish or dull white underbelly. Handsome marking on their relatively small heads include a black spot above each eye, black on the sides of their muzzles and back of the ears. Sometimes a grayish or reddish median patch appears behind the ears, while upper lips, chins and throats are white. Once spread all across North America, mountain lions now range from Alaska to Rocky Mountain states, Texas and New Mexico, and along the coastal ranges of California, Oregon and Washington.
Mountain lions exists in almost any place offering sufficient prey and adequate cover.
They are equally at home in coniferous forest, swampy jungles, tropical forest, open grasslands, dry bush and semi-deserts. What Do They Eat Outstanding hunters, mountain lions are carnivores, well adapted for capturing and killing live prey. They need a large, steady supply of calories to survive, but tend to eat in periodic gorging rather that every day. In a single session, males can consume as much as 80 pounds of meat, or one-half of their body weight. More catlike utterances include purring, mewing, hissing, spitting and low growls, all intensified in proportion to their size.