Today I'm going to talk about the Chilean puma, also known
as the lion of mountain. The puma (Felis concolor) is protected by the Chilean
law, but it is still victimized by illegal hunters that follow them in the
Andes.
It’s a
carnivorous mammal that belongs to the
Felidae family. The body of the puma is strong, its head is small and its color
is dun brown. Its length changes according to the different zones where the
puma lives and it ranges between 1,4 and 2,4 meters.
They are
animals that have a lof of habillities for example to climb up trees or move in
a rocky place and they can run fastly in short distances.
Pumas live
in all American continent and its natural environment is the jungle and rocky
places. In Chile, the puma lives along the Andes. In the Cordillera de la Costa
of the central zone of Chile you can see them rarely.
Females are
smaller than males, they have young every two or three years and their
gestation takes between 90 and 96 days.
Their babies are born with different colored markings on their coat, but they
lost that color when they grow up.
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