Catamount

Spring Break Alert
The Zoo anticipates high attendance, especially on sunny, warm days. For safety and guest experience, the Zoo may limit admission once parking reaches capacity. This will not only help with crowd management but will also provide a more relaxed and enjoyable visit for guests and their loved ones. Consider arriving early or carpooling, and check our site / social pages often for more updates!

Region:

North America

Bart Walter

Catamount is another name for a puma or cougar — a large, long-tailed, unspotted, tawny colored cat. The eastern cougar was known to have lived in North Carolina and twenty other eastern states from Maine to South Carolina and from Tennessee to Michigan.

Sponsored by the James C. Raulston Estate

A large bronze statue of a Cougar, a big tan cat with round ears, lying with its body flat and ears back on the top of a giant boulder in a forest.

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