Cougar Quiz: 10 Trivia Questions and Answers
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The puma or cougar is a predator of the feline family. It lives in North and South America and is the largest representative of the genus cougars. It is the fourth largest member of the feline family in the world and the second largest in America; only the tiger, lion and jaguar are larger than it.
The Cougar Quiz consists of 10 multiple choice trivia questions about this beautiful animal. Can you answer each one correctly?
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1. What is the scientific name for cougars?
Puma concolor
2. What is the conservation status of cougars?
Least Concern (LC)
3. In terms of their scientific classification, which family do cougars belong to?
Felidae
4. Where are cougars native to?
America
5. Cougars are ambush predators, what does it mean?
Cougars capture or trap prey by stealth
6. How many subspecies of cougar were recorded until the late 1980s?
32
7. What is the approximate length of a paw print of an adult cougar?
10 centimeters
8. How long are adult male cougars from nose to tail tip?
Around 2.4 meters
9. Cougar's top running speed ranges between:
64 and 80 km/h
10. What is the average life expectancy in the wild for cougars?
8 to 13 years