OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide

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The animal on the cover of OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide is a puma (Puma concolor). The puma is known by varying names in different regions, including mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. This mammal of the family Felidae is native to the Americas. Only trumped in size by the jaguar, the puma is the second heaviest cat in the Western Hemisphere, where it also boasts the largest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal. Pumas can be found in any major American habitat stretching from Canada to South America.

The puma is known for its stalk-and-ambush style of hunting, and feeds on wild animals—elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep—as well as domestic animals such as horses, sheep, and cattle. These cats prefer habitats that lend to stalking, such as dense brush and rocky areas. The puma’s major competitors for prey include the grey wolf, American black bear, jaguar, and the grizzly bear.

Excessive hunting and human development has caused population numbers to drop in recent years, and populations of pumas have recently begun to move east into parts of the Midwest, including the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

The cover image is from Lydekker’s Royal Natural History. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSansMonoCondensed.