This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
A large American animal of the cat family, resembling the panther but smaller. It is often called panther (or painter). It is also called the puma, and formerly was known as the catamount, or mountain cat. It crouches in trees in the forests and springs on passing deer. In South America it kills and feeds on wild cattle.
 
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