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Biologists call the mountain lion Puma concolor, latin for “cat of one color.” The Cherokee Indians call it Klandagi, “Lord of the Forest.” In the U.S. today, we usually call it mountain lion, puma, cougar, or panther. In the dictionary it is listed under more names than any other animal in the world!

Hidden in the puzzle on the right are fourteen names for this elusive animal.

each name you find.

See if you can discover the wild, solitary

MOUNTAIN LION, ONCA PARDA,

KLANDAGI, PUMA CONCOLOR,

GHOST CAT, PANTHER, PAINTER,

CATAMOUNT, COUGAR, TYGER,

LEOPARDO, AMERICAN LION,

PUMA and LEON. Good luck!

Cougars (mountain lions) do not live only in the mountains. They can be found in both hot and cold climates, from sea level to over 11,000 feet. Cougars live in deserts, swamps, forests, coastal and interior foothills, and moun-tains. They once roamed most of North and South America. But in the United States today, they are found in only 14 western states. East of the Mississippi River, only 80-100 Florida panthers (among the most endangered animals in the world) are still living in Florida’s Everglades.

Saving America’s Lion