A picture of a cougar, the species responsible for the recording.
This sound effect can be found on The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. Despite the sound effect's name, it was actually likely recorded from a cougar.
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Used In
TV Shows
- Courage The Cowardly Dog (Used in "Night of the Weremole.")
- Dora the Explorer (Used thrice for Baby Jaguar when he roars in "Baby Jaguar's Roar".)
- Go, Diego, Go! (Used for Baby Jaguar and other jaguar characters when they growl, and in the "Let's Review" segment from "Cotton-Top Tamarin Cave Rescue".)
- Jollywobbles (Heard once in "Theme Park".)
- The Jungle Book (2010) (Used for Bagheera.)
- Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Used for Scrapper.)
- The Penguins of Madagascar (Heard once in "Otter Gone Wild".)
- Robot Chicken
- Sesame Street
- Teen Titans Go! (Heard once in "Puppets, Whaaaat?".)
- TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... (Heard in a low pitch in "World's Dumbest Outlaws 7".)
Movies
- Panda Bear in Africa (2024) (Used for Ade roaring during a flashback at Hyena Forest.)
Documentaries
- The Mammoth - Titan of the Ice Age (2010) (Used for the baby saber-tooth cats.)
Video Games
PC:
- Disney's Activity Center: Tarzan (Used as a leopard sound.)
- Quake (Used for the Ogre as it's pain sound, in a lower pitch)
- Reader Rabbit Learning Creations (Used in a low pitch for a cheetah.)
- School Zone: Math 3 (Used as a domestic cat sound.)
- Zoboomafoo: Leapin' Lemurs! (Used for Jag Water.)
- Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species (Used for the Spanish lynx.)
Toys
- Backyard Safari Animal Caller (Used for a cougar.)
- Little People A To Z Learning Zoo Playset
- Fisher-Price Amazing Animals Press and Go Animal Parade
- Fisher-Price Amazing Animals Sing & Go Choo-Choo
- Fisher-Price Amazing Animals Spinnin' Around Musical Zoo
Promos
- Nick Jr.: Wonder Pets! Premiere Week (2008) (Used in a high pitch for the griffin.)
Books
- Go, Diego, Go!: What a Team! (Used for Baby Jaguar.)
Sound Books
- The World of Eric Carle: Animal Babies (Sound Books) (Used for the lion cub.)
Music
- ABeka Book - Animal Alphabet Friends (Used for Jenny Jaguar.)
Websites
YouTube Videos
- Fisher-Price (Used twice for a lion in "Laugh & LearnTM "All Aboard the Animal Train"".)
- KIS KIS - keep it short (Used as a cheetah sound in "CG short film on the ultimate hunting technique | "Final Act" - by Amendola-Borrallo, Obeidi et al.".)
- Opossumguy World (Used once in "Gamera vs Red King Stop Motion".)
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