كوگر

هذا المقال هو عن the large cat species. إذا كنت تريد الاستخدامات الأخرى، انظر كوگر (توضيح).

Cougar Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
التصنيف العلمي
مملكة:	الحيوان
Phylum:	الحبليات
Class:	الثدييات
Order:	آكلات اللحوم
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Puma
Species:	P. concolor
Binomial name
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)
Cougar range

كوگر أو كوغر Cougar ‏ (التصنيف العلمي: Puma concolor)، وتسمى أسد الجبل أو قط الجبل، والمعروفة أيضاً بإسم پوما puma، أو فهد panther ، اعتمادا على المنطقة، هو الثدييات للأسرة Felidae، الأصلية إلى الأمريكتين.

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 التطور و السمية

Although large, the cougar is more closely related to smaller felines.

Close-up front face.

 السلالات

Argentine puma (Felis concolor cabrerae)

includes the previous subspecies and synonyms hudsonii and puma (Marcelli, 1922);

Costa Rican Cougar (Felis concolor costaricensis)

Eastern South American cougar (Felis concolor anthonyi)

includes the previous subspecies and synonyms acrocodia, borbensis, capricornensis, (Pelzeln, 1883), greeni and nigra;

North American Cougar (Felis concolor couguar)

includes the previous subspecies and synonyms arundivaga, aztecus, browni, californica, coryi, floridana, hippolestes, improcera, kaibabensis, mayensis, missoulensis, olympus, oregonensis, schorgeri, stanleyana, vancouverensis and youngi;

Northern South American cougar (Felis concolor concolor)

includes the previous subspecies and synonyms bangsi, incarum, osgoodi, soasoaranna, sussuarana, soderstromii, suçuaçuara and wavula;

Southern South American puma (Felis concolor puma)

includes the previous subspecies and synonyms araucanus, concolor (Gay, 1847), patagonica, pearsoni and puma (Trouessart, 1904)

 علم الأحياء والسلوك

 الخصائص الفيزيائية

جمجمة وفك الكوگر

Rear paw of a cougar

 الصيد والغذاء

Shown eating. Cougars are ambush predators, feeding mostly on deer and other mammals.

 التكاثر ودورة الحياة

Cougar cubs

 البيئة

 التوزيع والعادات

Cougar on Animal Reserve Guaycolec, Formosa, Argentina.

Cougar, photographed in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona

 الدور البيئي

Front paw print of a cougar. An adult paw print is approximately 10 cm (4 inches) long.

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 الهجينة

Pumapard, photographed in 1904

المقالة الرئيسية: Pumapard

 الحفاظ على النوع

Cougar conservation depends on preservation of their habitat.

 العلاقات مع البشر

 في الأساطير

پوما موچى، مجموعة متحف لاركو

 الهجمات على البشر

انظر أيضاً: List of fatal cougar attacks in North America

Mountain Lion warning sign.

 المصادر

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 قراءات أخرى

• Baron, David (2004). The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. ISBN 0-393-05807-7.
• Bolgiano, Chris (2001). Mountain Lion:An Unnatural History of Pumas and People (Paperback ed.). Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2867-6.
• Eberhart, George M. (2002). Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology. Vol. Volume 2. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 153–161. ISBN 1-57607-283-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
• Hornocker, Maurice; Negri, Sharon; Lindzey, Fred, eds. (2010). Cougar: Ecology and Conservation (Hardcover ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-35344-9.
• Kobalenko, Jerry (2005). Forest Cats of North America. Hove: Firefly Books Ltd. ISBN 1-55209-172-4.
• Lester, Todd (October 2001). "Search for Cougars in the East North America" (PDF). North American BioFortean Review. Zoological Miscellania website. 3 (7): 15–17.
• Logan, Ken (2001). Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of an Enduring Carnivore. Island Press. ISBN 1-55963-866-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• "Publications". Mountain Lion Foundation.
• Parker, Gerry (1994). The Eastern Panther -- Mystery Cat of the Appalachians (Softcover ed.). Nimbus Publishing (CN). ISBN 1-55109-268-9.
• Wright, Bruce S (1972). The Eastern Panther: A Question of Survival. Toronto: Clark, Irwin, and Company.
• "Annotated Bibliography". easterncougar.org -- Cougar Rewilding Foundation.

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 وصلات خارجية

	بوابة القطط
	بوابة الثدييات

• Cougar Facts and Photos – NatureMapping Program
• Cougar Tracks: How to identify cougar tracks in the wild
• The sound of a cougar screaming
• Cougar Rewilding Foundation, formerly "Eastern Cougar Foundation"
• Eastern Puma Research Network
• The Cougar Network --Using Science to Understand Cougar Ecology
• Mountain Lion Foundation -- Saving America's Lion
• The Cougar Fund -- Protecting America's Greatest Cat. A Definitive Resource About Cougars] Comprehensive, non-profit 501(c)(3) site with extensive information about cougars, from how to live safely in cougar country, to science abstracts, hunting regulations, state-by-state cougar management/policy info, and rare photos and videos of wild cougars.
• SaveTheCougar.org: Sightings of cougars in Michigan
• People and Cougar/Jaguars A Guide for Coexistence: