cats
I’ve always had this thing for mountain lions. I don’t know why, but I just do. So for some reason I was reading about them the other day when I found out that the cougar (aka mountain lion, puma, etc…) is one of the widest ranging animals in the americas! They range from the mountains to the plains and from Tierre del Fuego to Alaska. The closer they are to the equator they are the smaller they are for some odd reason. And yes virginia, there are swamp cougars!
There are a whole slew of sub-species for the different regions that they come from. I guess that is what breeds are for dogs. They do seem to be pretty good tree climbers. Man would that be scary to see on your hike home.