The mountain lion, also
known as the puma, panther or cougar, grows to more than 8 feet long
and generally weigh between 130 and 150 pounds. Adult females can
be 7 feet long and weigh between 65 and 90 pounds. It feeds on deer,
elk, bighorn
sheep and horses. However, it rarely
makes unprovoked attacks on humans. As a result of the damage it did
to domestic livestock mountain lions were targeted by professional
hunters. Mountain
lions live in many different habitats but today they are usually found
in remote regions such as the Rocky
Mountains.
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