COUGAR Habitat: Swamp Seeks Out: Rotting logs Diet: Carnivorous Size: Medium Description Although the least of the great cats, the cougar is none the less a fearsome foe, more than a match for all but the most puissant hunters. Off all the creatures of the plains, only monsters, bears and the most terrible inhabitant of the land, man himself, is not counted by the cougar as his lawful prey.