> I believe I have a pretty good idea what the University of Vermont
> mascot "Catamount" is:
> A mythical cat-like creature in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
A "catamount" is short for "catamountain" and refers to a puma, couger
or lynx. I've not heard a catamount referred to as a mythical creature. I've
always assumed that the reference that was being made by UV was to the
abovemnoted definition.
--->Tom Brudzinski, RPI '68