• One male killed by a car in Connecticut turned out by DNA to have travelled more than 2,400 km from South Dakota — one of the longest recorded journeys by a land mammal.
• The puma is a skilled hunter capable of bringing down prey several times its own weight and often returns to a carcass, covering it with leaves.

The cougar inhabits elevations up to 4.8 kilometers above sea level and occupies diverse biomes, including temperate mixed forests with warm summers and abundant oak, birch, and maple trees; temperate coniferous forests characterized by cool temperatures, numerous coniferous trees, and snow in winter; flooded meadows where water frequently covers the ground and grass is plentiful; deserts and dry scrublands experiencing intense heat and aridity with infrequent rainfall and cacti; and taiga regions with cold winters and many coniferous trees such as spruce and pine. The species’ landscape preferences include land, desert, and semi-desert environments, terrestrial forests, grasslands and steppes, coastal zones, and shrublands. Climates range from cold steppes with dry conditions and cold winters to extremely arid areas with very rare rainfall, to cool and nearly dry conditions persisting throughout most of the year. Summers vary from cool to warm, ranging from 15 to 25 degrees Celsius, or from 15 to 20 degrees Celsius.