page_title: North American cougar
section_title: Threats and conservation
hierarchical_section_title: North American cougar / Threats and conservation
caption_attribution_description: English: Cougar in the Beulah Wildlife Management Unit (Malheur County, Oregon).
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: Even though conservation efforts of the cougar have decreased against the "more appealing" jaguar, it is hunted less frequently because it has no spots, and is thus less desirable to hunters.
caption: At Beulah Wildlife Management Unit in Malheur County, Oregon, the USA
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