Puma
Puma concolor

order - Carnivora
tribe - Felidae


Size: length of the body 275 cm
Weigh: male 100kg, female 60 kg
Number of youngs: 2 - 3
Time with young: 90 - 93 days
Occurrence: forests in the mountains, savannah in the North and South America
Food: carnivorous animal - mostly hunts stags, sheep
Activity: largery day`s
Way of life: lover of solitude

Siye of puma resembles to a big cats, puma pertains to the group of the small cat`s beasts of prey - it`s their the biggest representative. Puma has their characteric qualities - for example puma can purr. Mountain`s lion or Kunguar - these are popular names of puma. Our pumas - male Certis and female Cedra - they come from ZOO Ostrava and in our ZOO they regulary multiply themselves. Careful Cedra brings uptwo young pumas every second year.




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