This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "The Cougar, Male", No. 20, Plate XCVI, 96 from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America". It was drawn on stone by William Hitchcock, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in 1849-1854. It depicts a male cougar or mountain lion standing over its prey with a meadow, trees and a mountain in the distance. This original hand-colored Audubon quadruped lithograph has a small faint spot in the left margin and a tiny spot in the right margin, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. The sheet measures 6.75" x 10.13".