PUMA also known as cougar, panther, or catamount, is a LARGE CAT of the family FELIDAE native to the AMERICA CONTINENT. Its range from the CANADIAN YUKON to the SOUTH-
ERN ANDES of SOUTH AMERICA, is the greatest of any wild terrestrial mammal in the WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
As ADAPTABLE, generalist species, the PUMA is found in MOST HABITAT TYPES.
It is the SECOND HEAVIEST CAT in the Western Hemisphere, after the JAGUAR (Panther family).
SOLITARY by nature and NOCTURNAL, is most CLOSELY RELATED TO smaller FELINES
and NEARER GENETICALLY TO THE DOMESTIC CAT.
An excellent STALK - and - AMBUSH PREDATOR. It is TERRITORIAL and SURVIVES AT LOW POPULATION DENSITIES. I t is RECLUSIVE and usually avoids people.
The HUAYNA PICCHU (Young Mountain), the mountain located near MACHU PICCHU (Old
Mountain), is naturally shaped like a PUMA. Inka architects constructed small terraces high on the
summit to create the impression that the PUMA "s hair was standing up straight.
One of the most dramatic examples of the importance of the PUMA to INKA mythology can be found in the ancient CITY OF CUSCO. In fact, the entire city was built in the shape of a massive reclining
PUMA, with the FORTRESS SAKSAYHUAMAN serving as the PUMA' s HEAD.
The name SAKSAYHUAMAN derives of the INKA language words "SAKSAY" (MARBLED)
and "UMA" (HEAD), which literally translates to "MARBLED HEAD."
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