Mountain Lion Front Claw

$24.00

The Mountain Lion is a large cat native to the Americas. Its range spans the Canadian Provinces of the Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta, the Rocky Mountains, and other areas in the Western United States.

Description

Mountain Lion Front Claw Replica measures 1.2 inches. Mountain Lion Front Claw is museum quality Polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Puma concolor is the scientific name. Our precise claw can be used as a teaching tool, museum claw exhibit, home décor claw, or office décor claw.

The Mountain lion or Puma concolor is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae. It is native to the Americas. Its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America, and is the widest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.

It is an adaptable, generalist species, occurring in most American habitat types. Due to its wide range, it has many names including Cougar, puma, red tiger, and catamount.

The Mountain lion or Puma concolor coloring is plain (hence the Latin concolor) but can vary greatly across individuals and even siblings. The coat is typically tawny like that of the lion, which is why it was initially called the mountain lion, but it ranges from silvery-grey or reddish with lighter patches on the under-body, including the jaws, chin, and throat.

Mountain lion or Puma concolor infants are spotted and born with blue eyes and rings on their tails; juveniles are pale and dark spots remain on their flanks.

The Mountain lion or Puma concolor is an ambush predator that pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources are ungulates, particularly deer. It also hunts species as small as insects and rodents. This cat prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking, but can also live in open areas.

The cougar is territorial and survives at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. It has been known to kill lone jaguars, American black bears, and grizzly bears, American alligators (Florida Panther predation mainly), and to groups of gray wolves.

The Mountain lion or Puma concolor is reclusive and mostly avoids people. Fatal attacks on humans are rare, but have recently been increasing in North America as more people enter cougar territories, and build developments such as farms in their established territory.

Mountain Lion Facts:

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Puma
Species: P. concolor
Binomial name: Puma concolor
Conservation status: Least concern

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Additional information

Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 1.2 in
National Mountain Lion Day - June 12th

June 12th celebrates the day of Mountain Lions.