meaning

[color=red]Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.

Questions:

  1. Can we express the same meaning in this way:
    A puma is a large, cat-like animal which is fonnd in America.

  2. What does “are found” mean here? Does it mean that pumas are from America?

Thanks

1-- Yes, but ‘The puma’. However, the singular is less common, less natural in conversation.
2-- Yes.