The Cougar

The cougar is one of the most predators of raccoons that eat raccoons. The cougar is a huge cat that is indigenous to the Americas. It has the widest range of any big wild terrestrial animal in the Western Hemisphere, stretching from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America. It is a versatile, generalist species that can be found in the majority of American habitats. It has various names due to its extensive range, including puma, mountain lion, catamount, and panther.

The cougar is an ambush predator that hunts a diverse range of prey. The primary food source is ungulates, especially deer, but it also hunts smaller animals such as rodents. It favors dense underbrush and rocky regions for stalking but can also be seen in open areas. The cougar is a territorial animal that prefers low population numbers. Individual home ranges are determined by terrain, flora, and prey quantity. Despite its size, it is not necessarily the apex predator in its region, giving up prey to American black bears, grizzly bears, and packs of wolves. It is alone and avoids contact with others. Human fatalities are uncommon but have increased in North America as more people have moved into cougar territory and developed farms.

Cougars and raccoons will encounter each other in some areas, and these confrontations rarely end well for the smaller species, which in this case is the raccoon. Cougars have the power and agility to pursue a raccoon even if it attempts to flee or fight back.