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I just finished read Francine River's novel called The Last Sin Eater (riveting book!). Therein was mentioned the animal "a painter". I thought she was referring to a panther and that the word was incorrectly spelled but it was repeatedly mentioned in regards to an animal in the mountains.
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What are facts about mountain lion?
list five facts about the mountain lion
Is a painter animal an animal?
"Painter" is an archaic name for the puma, also called mountain lion, panther, cougar, and catamount.
What species do mountain lions fit in?
Felis Concolor is the scientific name of the puma or also called panther, painter(archaic), Mountain lion, and cougar.
Which species do mountain lions belong?
The mountain lion, also called puma, cougar, panther, catamount, painter, and deer tiger, is Felis Concolar.
What is a common name for Felis concolor?
Take your pick: mountain lion, puma, painter, cougar.
What is a nickname for the cougar?
The cougar has many local or regional names in the United States and Canada, of which cougar, puma, mountain lion, and panther are popular. "Mountain lion" was a term first used in writing in 1858 from the diary of George A. Jackson of Colorado. Other names include catamount (probably a contraction from "cat of the mountain"), mountain screamer, and painter. Lexicographers regard painter as a primarily upper-Southern US regional variant on panther.
How did the lion get its name?
it is called a mountain lion because it is similar to the lion its color is also same as lion and it lives on mountain it is also the king of mountain like the king of jungle lion so it is called a mountain lion.
What is a mountain bobcat called?
Mountain Lion
Is a puma a mountain lion?
Because the different places call them different names. They all are correct. Different strokes for different folks.
What is another name of a mountain lion?
Puma concolor is known by a variety of names - mountain lion, cougar and puma are the most common. They are sometimes called panthers but that name is misleading because they are not a true panther.
What species are pumAS in?
The puma, A.K.A., mountain lion, cougar, panther, painter, catamount, is Felis Concolor.
What is a group of mountains called?
Since the mountain lion is a solitary animal, there is no word to describe a group of them, Unlike the lion which is a social animal and live in a group called a pride. Thus the mountain lion is not technically a lion.
