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cougar

[koo-ger] / ˈku gər /
NOUN
large wildcat of the Americas
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And a cougar attacks in a very different way than a bear does.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

The research comes as wolf and cougar territories increasingly overlap across the western United States.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

To better understand how evolution shaped these sounds, the researchers compared domestic cat meows with those of five wild cat species: African wildcat, European wildcat, jungle cat, cheetah, and cougar.

From Science Daily Feb. 11, 2026

“He IS more Hollywood than any celebrity — the Brad Pitt of the cougar world. But did Brad actually sleep under the Hollywood sign at night?”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2024

Inside she placed her couch, cougar skins, an Axminister carpet, rocking chairs, and assorted other artifacts of domestic life.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

"Research like this...helps people want to live alongside cougars," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Suraci and colleagues instead focused on the Olympic Peninsula, where mountain lions -- variously known as cougars, pumas or panthers -- have long been established.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Published this week in PNAS, the study draws on nine years of GPS tracking data from collared wolves and cougars.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

His efforts included installing 140 remote cameras in the park's northern region and capturing and fitting cougars with tracking collars.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

She knows that there are also cougars in those woods.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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