Cougar Predation

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Scientific literature regarding the ecology of Mountain Lions in North & South America

North America:

• An analysis of mountain lion predation upon mule deer and elk in the Idaho Primitive Area LINK
• Mountain lion predation on domestic livestock in Nevada LINK
• Prey Specialization by Cougars on Feral Horses in a Desert Environment LINK
• Selection of Mule Deer by Mountain Lions and Coyotes: Effects of Hunting Style, Body Size, and Reproductive Status LINK
• Feeding and spatial ecology of mountain lions in the Mendocino National Forest, California LINK
• Cougar kill rates and prey selection in a multiple‐prey system in northeast Oregon LINK
  

South America:

• Mountain lion depredation in southern Brazil LINK
• Mountain Lion Puma concolor attacks on a maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus and a domestic dog in a forestry system LINK
• Puma predation subsidizes an obligate scavenger in the high Andes LINK
• Factors affecting jaguar and puma predation on livestock in Costa Rica LINK
  

A mountain lion dragging a capybara kill. Source.

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