Cougar Facts

Cougars can usually be found in wooded, rocky areas and may den in dense underbrush, under an overhang of tree branches, under logs or in rock caves.
When threatened, cougars seek refuge in trees, and stay in the limbs of the trees until the danger has passed.
Cougars do not normally prefer flat, open terrain. However, they may be spotted in the river valleys and other wildlife travel corridors that pass through such terrain.
Cougars are curious and adaptable and can survive in territory that provides shelter and a food source such as deer.
Cougars are efficient hunters who silently stalk and ambush their prey from the ground.
Cougars normally prey on deer, elk, moose, sheep and small mammals.
It is thought that cougars have expanded their range in recent years. However, cougars are simply returning to territory that they had previously used, but were removed from.
Cougars normally vocalize only when mating, communicating with kittens or when feeling threatened.

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Updated: Apr 6, 2010