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What’s in a name? Puma, panther, painter, brown tiger, catamount, mountain screamer, mountain lion – the cougar answers to all of them. And with a range that extends from Chile to the edge of Canada’s Yukon, writes Douglas Chadwick, it’s the most widespread large, land-dwelling mammal in the Western Hemisphere. Yet cougars are among the least seen and most elusive. For a better look at this controversial, poorly understood cat, see what photographer Steve Winter’s camera – and camera traps – turned up in the December issue of National Geographic magazine. (Photo by Steve Winter/National Geographic)
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