How many cougars are in Zion National Park?


How many cougars are in Zion National Park? How many cougars are in Zion National Park? (According to Utah Division of Wildlife files, the park has an estimated cougar population of 17–25 animals/1,000 km2 [386 miles2 ].)


Are there cougars in Zion National Park?

From the deep canyons to the high plateaus of Zion roams a large, stealthy predator: the mountain lion, or cougar. Mountain lions can be six to nine feet long from nose to tip of tail, weighing 80-180 pounds.