EASTERN COUGAR

Eastern Cougar
  • Name: Eastern Cougar
  • Category: Mammal
  • Habitat: Much less common in Northwestern Ontario than in the past, although numerous sightings are still made every year. Although the mountain lion is a highly adaptive species, its range has been depleted in the wake of forestry, mining and urbanization. It can be sighted in a variety of habitats but prefers wooded areas with an abundant supply of food.
  • Diet: N/A
  • Reproduction: N/A

About Eastern Cougar

Overall colouration, varies from yellowy-brown to chocolate brown, sometimes tawny gray, darker along mid-back. Belly, pale buff; chest, inside of ears and throat, whitish. Back of ears, tip of tail and stripes around muzzle, blackish. Tail, long.

Location

  • Name: Killarney Provincial Park

    Address: 960 Hwy 637, Killarney ON

  • Name: Pukaskwa National Park

    Address: Hwy 627, Heron Bay ON

  • Name: Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area

    Address: 7200 Appleby Line, Milton ON