San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.The average bed is 6.25 feet long. Secretive and largely solitary by nature, the cougar is properly considered both nocturnal and crepuscular , although daytime sightings do occur.Mountain Lion Track. The cougar is the second-largest cat in the New World after the jaguar ( Panthera onca ). Due to its wide range, it has many names, including puma, mountain lion, catamount, panther and painter.

She suggested I upload my picture here.I originally thought this print was a very large cougar, but measuring 4.5 inches wide (wider than my foot) would put it at the uppermost size range. These were tentatively identified as likely jaguar tracks by mammal-track expert, Roseann Hanson, who was the first naturalist based in Brown Canyon and the first to document a jaguar there, Macho B, a decade ago. Photo 3 shows the smaller two individuals, possibly female and juvenile? Third individual was large male, see observation: Mountain Lion Immediately adjacent to a sign announcing a research project into Cougars (see image 3).Puma Part of collection at state park visitor centerMountain Lion I found these tracks in Brown Canyon in the Baboquivari Mountains on Monday.

See cougar observationMountain Lion Possibly traveling with kitten (see photo 5).Puma Territorial scrape associated with fresh tracks of at least 2 individuals.Mountain Lion Near-perfect right hind foot in trail dust. Same age and traveling the same trail for at least 75 yards. Either large bobcat or cougar kitten. Pungent!Mountain Lion Observation for the smaller tracks on the left. Deer hair visible at some angles. Organ meat scat (black and smooth with no bone chunks) signifying a fresh kill nearby.

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