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31+ Mountain Lion Range In The Us Gif. A mountain lion, or cougar, is a large cat native to the americas. They range from almost the arctic in northern canada down to the tip of south america.

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Mountain lions inhabit a wide range of ecosystems, making their home anywhere there is shelter and prey. Mountain lions have the largest home ranges of any land mammal in the americas, spanning anywhere from 30 to 125 square miles in habitats from mountains to swamps. About half of the state is suitable lion habitat (shown in red in the map below) and they can generally be found wherever deer, their primary prey, are found.

A mountain lion, or cougar, is a large cat native to the americas.

The historic range of the mountain lion included almost all of north and south america. The mountain lion has the largest range of any terrestrial american animal. They range from almost the arctic in northern canada down to the tip of south america. Mountain lions range into northern british columbia, and there's evidence the mountain lions sighting are reported every year in alaska, but the cats are so rare in the state we get sporadic reports, maybe two or three a year, said state wildlife biologist rich lowell of petersburg.