The Desert Parders were rare sand-colored cats of Near-Harad, known to attack any man entering its hunting area, for these were extremely territorial.
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Original name in MERP:Desert Puma
Speculations[]
Since the term Puma usually refers to the american Cougar or Mountain Lion,it seems likely that the desert pumas of Middle-Earth may rather correspond to a distinct race of the Puma genus, such as the Puma pardoides, a cat native to prehistoric Eurasia.