Cats in the United States the appearance of humans in the Americas. Some prehistoric animals referred to as "saber-toothed cats" were in fact marsupials and not cats at all, but called such because of their resemblance to true felines with large canine teeth. Two main species of big cat currently inhabit the United States. One is the jaguar ("Panthera onca"), which is related to many species of big cat found on other continents and can be found in the southwestern US and as far south as northern Argentina. The other, the cougar ("Puma concolor"), which is also known as the puma or mountain lion, is
USS Wild Cat (1862) in April, the schooner was transferred to the Union Army on 15 April 1865. Apparently returned to the Navy within three months time, "Wild Cat" was sold at Charleston on 28 July 1865. Her subsequent fate is unknown. USS Wild Cat (1862) USS "Wild Cat" (1862) was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the Union Navy from the prize court during the American Civil War. She was put into service by the Union Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. "Wild Cat"—a wooden-hulled schooner captured by the Federal Navy in