Mountain Lions, despite being solitary animals, are a known menace for cattle ranchers and farmers. Mountain Lions are incapable of roaring, due to a lack of the specialized larynx and hyoid apparatus unique to the Panthera genus, but do make several growling, snarling and purring sounds, in addition to an iconic and terrifying shriek. Capable of growing to sizes larger than certain "big cat" species of the genus Panthera, the mountain lion's shoulder-height can climb to nearly a meter and it can often weigh over 100 kg, despite averaging more closely to 70 kg. It can be found from western Canada all the way to the tip of South America. The mountain lion is an ambush predator that preys on a wide variety of species and survives in an ever wider variety of habitats. The Mountain Lion, also known as cougar, catamount or puma (among over 40 other names in English alone) is the largest of small cats belonging to the genus Puma, of which it is the only surviving member.
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