A cougar cub (Puma concolor) in the North Carolina Zoo, USA
by ucumari photography
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Anonymous submitted: any clue what this is? i know it’s almost certainly some kind of moth but any matches i was able to find were either of completely different looking caterpillars or moths that don’t live where i am, location is [removed] (please remove)if it helps i’m pretty sure it was dead or dying when i found it so that might have affected its colour
What a beauty! This is the natural color, actually. It is definitely a Saturniid moth and most likely in the genus Dirphia. Maybe Dirphia concolor, although there may be another similar species in your area with the same coloration that I’m unaware of. I would be surprised if it were dying, it looks healthy. But I suppose one never knows what’s going on inside! Possibly it was sluggish because it’s getting ready to pupate, though.
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Cougar cub by Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
Via Flickr:
A picture of a young cougar.
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October 16, 2023 - Dusky Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor)
Found in parts of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Malaysia, these martins live in mountainous and lowland areas and towns and cities. The details of their diet are unknown but they forage around buildings and cliffs alone, in pairs, or sometimes in small flocks. Breeding between January and October, pairs nest alone or in small groups, building half-bowls from mud, dry grass, and feathers under overhangs on cliffs, riverbanks, cave walls, bridges, buildings, or other structures. Females lay clutches of about two to four eggs which both parents incubate. Both also feed the chicks.
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Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) in Saskatchewan, Canada
by froglover_84
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Dark the puma photographed by Victor Vega. He is one of the oldest male pumas in Torres del Paine at about fifteen years old.
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Leucistic cougar (Puma concolor) [x]
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Prowler.
One of our volunteers at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary has set up a camera trap in the cienega. This beautiful mountain lion passed by this week and triggered a selfie.
Photo by Stan Cunningham, former research biologist with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and retired professor at Arizona State University.
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