Cougars (Puma concolor) in The Northwest Territories and Wood Buffalo National Park

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gau, Robert J., Mulders, Robert, Lamb, Tamara, Gunn, Libby
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: Alberta; cougar; Northwest Territories; Puma concolor; Wood Buffalo National Park; couguar; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; parc national Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63835

Extralimital reports of cougars (Puma concolor) at the northern limits of their range are rare. We documented at least 21 individual occurrences of cougars from the Northwest Territories and the Wood Buffalo National Park area between the years 1983 and 2000. Our evidence suggests that, at a minimum...