Variety of Names: Mountain lions are also known as cougars, pumas, panthers, and catamounts. They have the most names of any animal in the world.
Widest Range: They have the widest range of any wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America.
Solitary Animals: Mountain lions are solitary creatures, usually seen together only during mating season or when a mother is with her cubs.
Excellent Jumpers: Mountain lions can leap up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) vertically and cover up to 40 feet (12 meters) in a single bound horizontally.
Territorial: They have large territories that can range from 10 to 370 square miles (26 to 958 square kilometers), depending on the availability of prey and habitat.
Reproduction: Female mountain lions give birth to a litter of 1 to 6 cubs after a gestation period of about 3 months. Cubs stay with their mother for up to two years.