The cougar hunts alone, by day or night and will cache its food,
if large enough, in dense undergrowth, returning to it over several
days. Comparable in size to the Leopard, the cougar is big enough
to tackle larger prey such as domestic cattle and horses, for
which it has earnt a bad reputation with livestock farmers, as
well as wild deer, sheep, rodents, rabbits, hare and beaver. In
hunting the cougar uses the strength of its powerful hind legs
to lunge at its prey with single running jumps that can reach
in excess of 40 feet.
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