the cougar or mountain lion.jaguars used to live in desert southwest,but haven't been seen there for years.
Actually, a few jaguars have been seen in the southwest, near the border with Mexico, in the last few years five different jaguars have been recorded.
I knew it was the couger. But this AM, I saw a show on wild cats claiming that the couger, puma, mountain lion, by what ever name was the SECOND largest.
The first 2 answers on THIS page BOTH say it's the couger. How can it be both?
Maybe there are 2 North Americas?
Please do your research.
P.S. The Bob cat and the Linx are the only other wild cats in North America, except for very extreme southern Texas, where there are occaasional sightings of the Jaguar, which is the largest of ALL cats in the Americas, and third largest in the world, after the tigaer and then the lion. ( Leopards come in just below there.
The largest cat in North America is the jaguar. It has been seen in extreme southeast Arizona as well as in much of Mexico and Central America - all parts of North America. The cougar is the second largest cat in North America.
The Jaguar (Panthera onca)
The Largest wild cat will be Manie Coon
The largest wild cat is the tiger.
The largest wild cat alive today is the tiger.
The second largest WILD cat is the Male African Lion
Officially the bobcat, but there are rumors and sightings of Jaguarundi's in the conifer forests of Florida.
jaguar
The puma or mountain lion, found throughout much of North, Central, and South America.
The only big cat whose name starts with the letter J is the jaguar. Jaguars are the third largest cat on Earth. They are native to South America, Mexico and Central America. They used to live in parts of the USA, but they were exterminated by hunters.
the male Siberian Tiger
i think this is right. dog cat mouse protazoa giraffe elephant fox gorilla. that is all i can remember.
The jaguar, found in Mexico, and small isolated populations in southern parts of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Yes, ocelots are wild cats found inn central and South America.