A Michael Broad Blog
Here are two pictures of muscular pumas and when I saw them, particularly the first one, I was taken aback somewhat because I am one of those people who think of pumas as bearing a closer resemblance to cheetahs than the other big cats such as the lion. The puma is a member of …
This is a leading or links page on the Puma cat. The links lead to other pages that expand on the particular topics discussed. As there are links to lots more information, this page contains short summaries on the listed topics. I have tried to cover all the subjects but, in a populist, as …
This is the sad story of a mountain lion that conservationists had labelled F99. She was a midget mountain lion at 40-pounds in weight. This is about half the size of a normal female puma of her age. She was regarded as a subadult. Her face was that of a mature animal but her …
In 2020, there is no evidence that pumas can be white but this may change in the future.
There will be a dispute about this but I believe that I have a definitive record for the largest or heaviest (should be the same) mountain lion on record because it was certified by the U.S. Biological Survey. The cat was an Arizona puma killed in 1917 by a predator hunter i.e. a sport …
The size of this cat is frequently overestimated. For example, a so-called recordholder was killed in 1958 in Paraguay. This giant puma weighed 170 kg. It was reported in the Sports Afield Hunting Annual. The record is unlikely to be accurate. A more likely recordholder concerns a puma killed in Arizona in 1917 by …
The puma is neither a big cat nor a small cat although it is the largest native North American cat. The puma has a large body with a small cat’s cranium. Perhaps though this cat is not quite as large as some people think or the name suggests. It is certainly much smaller than …
