A puma in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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A puma in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
What we call the species Puma concolor depends on where we live. In North America, we tend to call this cat a cougar or a mountain lion. Here in Torres del Paine National Park, it’s a puma. This Chilean national park provides a great habitat for pumas, which hunt guanacos and the other deer-like ruminants that munch on the grassy plains of the park. Scientists frequent Torres del Paine in order to study the pumas, as the large population presents a good opportunity for easy observation. They’re so familiar with some of the pumas here, they’ve given them names. This one’s called Mocho.
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