Mountain Lions of the Black Hills

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African lions (Panthera leo), 73
American elm (Ulmus americana), 18
amino acid taurine, 80
Anderson, Chuck, 8 – 9 , 46 , 103 , 106 , 108 , 113
aspen (Populus tremuloides), 2 , 27

badgers (Taxidea taxus), 88
Bartonella (“cat scratch fever”), 75 – 76
bearberry (Arctostaphylos uvaursi), 18
Bear Lodge Mountains, 13 , 113
bears, 79 – 80 ; grizzly, 21 – 22
beavers (Castor canadensis), 88
Benzon, Ted, 7 – 8
Berg, R. L., 7
Bighorn Mountains, 7 , 58
bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), 21 ; as mountain
lion prey, 13 , 19 , 97 , 136
Black Elk Peak, 17 , 21
Black Hills: climate in, 25 , 27 ; conduits of move-
ment to and from, 108 – 10 ; ecosystem of, 17 – 19 ,
26 ; fires in, 27 , 46 , 69 ; ge ne tic diversity in,
103 – 13 ; geology of, 16 ; history of exploration of,
5 – 6 , 15 – 16 ; location of, 15 ; mammals in, 19 – 21 ;
mountain lion habitat in, 13 , 23 – 25 ; mountain
lion recolonization of, 5 , 7 – 8 , 9 , 12 , 33 , 92 , 96 ,
102 , 103 – 4 , 107 , 134 – 36 , 137 ; mountain lion
sightings in, 6 – 8 , 9 , 50 ; population dispersal
from, 13 , 56 – 60 ; population of mountain lions
in, 25 – 35 , 50 , 52 , 56 – 57 , 95 , 110 , 112 , 113 – 17 ;
population saturation in, 52 , 60 , 63 , 80 , 83 ,
86 – 87 , 93 – 94 , 103 ; predator animals in, 21 – 22 ;
roads in, 22 , 23 ; topographical features of,
16 – 17 , 32 ; Wyoming portion of, 28 , 57 , 58 ,
108 – 9 , 110 – 11 , 112 – 13
Black Hills Mountain Lion Foundation, 11 , 103 ,
127
Black Hills National Forest (BHNF), 22 – 23 , 68
black- tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), 74
black vegetation, 18
bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia), 19
bobcats (Lynx ruf us), 21 , 22 , 35 – 36
body weight, 53 , 80 , 81 , 82 – 83 , 86

bounties, 6 , 122 , 134

box elder (Acer negundo), 18

box traps, 41 – 42

Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa), 18

Castle Creek, 3 , 5

cats, domestic, 36 , 74 , 88 , 136 ; and cloudy- eye

syndrome, 71 – 72 , 73

Cheyenne River, 11 , 57

Chlamydia, 70 – 71 , 72

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), 25

chronic wasting disease (CWD), 68 – 69 , 92 – 93 ,

97 – 98 , 120

cloudy- eye syndrome, 69 – 74 ; photos of, 71 , 75

conduits of movement, 108 – 10

cottonwood tree (Populus deltoides), 57

cougars (P. concolor couguar), 33

coyotes (Canis latrans), 19 , 21 , 79 ; and mountain

lions, 22 , 96 ; and white- tailed deer, 62 , 90

Custer, George Armstrong, 5 , 15 , 22

Custer National Forest, 13

Custer State Park, 1 , 27 – 28 , 48 , 97 ; elk and

sheep in, 21 , 96 , 129 ; mountain lions in, 46 ,

70 , 120

Deerfield Lake, 8 , 15 , 129

DePerno, C. S., 129

diet, 79 – 99 ; adaptation in, 90 , 92 , 136 ; diversity

of, 19 , 49 , 88 , 89 , 95 – 99 ; and population satura-

tion, 93 – 94 ; scavenging, 96 , 98 , 128 – 29 ; as true

carnivores, 79 – 80. See also prey

diseases, 68 – 76 ; Bartonella (cat scratch fever),

75 – 76 ; chronic wasting disease, 68 – 69 , 92 – 93 ,

97 – 98 , 120 ; cloudy- eye syndrome, 69 – 74 , 75 ;

feline herpes, 72 , 74 ; feline immunodeficiency

virus, 73 ; feline leukemia, 73 – 74 ; parasites, 69 ,

76 ; toxoplasma, 74 – 75

dispersal, 7 , 13 , 88 , 104 , 134 ; as population dy-

namic, 56 – 60

Dodge, R. I., 5 – 6

domestic pets, 71 – 72 , 76 , 88 , 89 – 90. See also cats,

domestic

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