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Does Australia have cougars

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No. Cougars are neither native to Australia, nor introduced to the wild in Australia. Cougars are members of the feline family, and there is no species of feline that is native to Australia. Introduced feral cats have caused massive destruction to Australia's wildlife, decimating populations of some marsupial species. If there were native cougars in Australia, it is certain that the native wildlife would not have developed the way it has.

There is a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial called the quoll, which is sometimes colloquially referred to as a natve cat. There are four species of quoll in Australia, but not one of them is even remotely related to the cougar.

The only cougars are found in zoos; the National Zoo in Canberra is one such location.

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