The Mountain Lion is a cousin of the African Lion. There are lots of different names for the Mountain Lion such as the Puma or Catamount. It is a large cat native to North and South America. The Mountain Lion or Puma Concolor lives on rocky brush covered mountains which are good for hunting and stalking. Most Mountain Lions are territorial and only live in very small "packs". The Mountain Lion is a carnivore so it eats meat such as deer, mule deer, white tailed deer, and moose. It also eats domestic cattle, bighorn sheep, and horses. In the northern part if its range it will hunt animals as small as insects and rodents like rats and mice. Even a big predator like the Mountain Lion also has some predators as well, such as the jaguar, gray wolf, the american black bear and the grizzly bear. This animal mostly likes to avoid humans but if you get to close be careful because most human attacks are rare. But this is still a very dangerous animal and human attacks have gone up in the last few years. This animal was extinct in Eastern North America in the beginning of the 20th century except for an isolated Florida panther subpopulation. But in the recent years the Mountain Lions have been breeding in the western parts of the Dakotas. These cats are the most closely related to the domestic house cat more so than to any other cats such as lions or jaguars. Two of this cat's amazing adaptations is its ability to see in the dark and its keen eye sight
Ecosystem:
Five abiotic things in this animals amazing habitat
Sandstorms effect this animal by forcing it to find shelter so the mountain lion can not hunt
water effects all animals every living thing needs to drink
air every thing needs to breath to survive
sand is in the biome that the mountain lion lives in
wind kicks up sand and starts sand storms
Ten biotic things that live in this biome are
Mosquito sucks blood from the mountain lion
deer are the main source of food on the mountain lion's menu
antelope are also on the menu for the mountain lion
scorpions also live in this habitat and they can sting the mountain lion
snakes also live in the habitat and can bite the mountain lion
pythons also live in this habitat and can bite the mountain lion
cacti can hurt the mountain lion by poking them
Grass is what the mountain lions us to eat like salad
jackals also live in this biome and the mountain lion eats them
chuckwallas is another animal that lives in this biome
This is a Mountain Lion.
The Mountain Lion is a cousin of the African Lion. There are lots of different names for the Mountain Lion such as the Puma or Catamount. It is a large cat native to North and South America. The Mountain Lion or Puma Concolor lives on rocky brush covered mountains which are good for hunting and stalking. Most Mountain Lions are territorial and only live in very small "packs". The Mountain Lion is a carnivore so it eats meat such as deer, mule deer, white tailed deer, and moose. It also eats domestic cattle, bighorn sheep, and horses. In the northern part if its range it will hunt animals as small as insects and rodents like rats and mice. Even a big predator like the Mountain Lion also has some predators as well, such as the jaguar, gray wolf, the american black bear and the grizzly bear. This animal mostly likes to avoid humans but if you get to close be careful because most human attacks are rare. But this is still a very dangerous animal and human attacks have gone up in the last few years. This animal was extinct in Eastern North America in the beginning of the 20th century except for an isolated Florida panther subpopulat
Ecosystem:
Five abiotic things in this animals amazing habitat
- Sandstorms effect this animal by forcing it to find shelter so the mountain lion can not hunt
- water effects all animals every living thing needs to drink
- air every thing needs to breath to survive
- sand is in the biome that the mountain lion lives in
- wind kicks up sand and starts sand storms
Ten biotic things that live in this biome are