Columbia's mascot is the Cougar, also known as the Catamount, Mountain Lion, or Puma. Cougars range from British Columbia to South America. They prefer forested areas and can adapt to various climates. Deer are their primary source of food. A male's two-hundred pound powerful body may grow to be six feet long with a two to three foot tail. The coat is a tawny color with a black strip from the mouth to the eyes. Cougars usually hunt at dusk. They climb well, run fast, and are excellent jumpers. Often they will drop from tree limbs on their prey. Litters, which are born usually two years apart, contain from one to five kits. The kits have spots on their coat until they reach about six months old. They can live to be about twelve years old in the wild, nineteen years in captivity.

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