Is a cougar a lion? What's the difference between it and a lion?

1. Different species: The lion is a big cat living in Africa and Asia, and it is the cat with the largest average weight in existence, and the only male and female cat in the world. Puma Puma is the largest American golden cat.

Second, the shape is different: the lion lion has a large body, a uniform body, long limbs and toes. The head is big and round, the snout is short, and the vision, hearing and smell are developed. Canine teeth and cracked teeth are extremely developed; The upper tooth has three tips, and the lower tooth has two tips. The molars degenerated, and the crown diameter was smaller than the height of lateral incisors. Soft fur. Pumas are smaller and thinner than lions, with long limbs, no mane, no pattern on the outside and a smaller skull.

3. Different distribution range: Lion's origin: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Puma is distributed in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, the United States and Venezuela.

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Life habits of cougars:

Pumas often live together in valleys and jungles, especially in trees. Their jumping ability is very strong, and they can reach more than 8 or 9 meters in a single jump. In America, they are second only to jaguars. However, it has a gentle personality. Under normal circumstances, it will not take the initiative to attack people. Only when people attack it, it will hurt and kill the attacker in self-defense.

The territory of each female puma is about 50-60 square kilometers. They often rub on rocks as a way to mark their neighbors, and they also leave some smells on the road to tell other similar people that they passed by, so that male lions can track them down and find them. Pumas are active day and night, often using trees and rocks as concealment, and then ambush their prey.