page_title: North American cougar
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: North American cougar / Description
caption_attribution_description: Español: Puma en Costa Rica
context_page_description: The North American cougar is a subspecies of cougar in North America. It was once commonly found in eastern North America, and is still prevalent in the western half of the continent. It is the second biggest cat in North America, after the jaguar.
  The subspecies P. c. cougar encompasses populations found in western Canada, the western United States, Florida, Mexico and Central America, and possibly South America northwest of the Andes Mountains. The population in Costa Rica had been listed as least concern by the IUCN Red List.
context_section_description: The North American cougar has a solid tan-colored coat without spots and weighs 25–80 kg (55–176 pounds). Females average 50 kg (110 lb), about the same as a jaguar in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the Mexican Pacific coast.
caption: In Costa Rica, Central America
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