The Iowa Department of Natural Resources on Thursday confirmed a video shared with KCCI is a mountain lion.Nancy Wagner Dowart shared the Ring Security video with KCCI. She said the big cat was spotted early Sunday morning on the north side of Des Moines.DNR officials said Vince Evelsizer, furbearer biologist for the Iowa DNR, reviewed the video and confirmed that it is a mountain lion.The Iowa DNR said mountain lions are occasional visitors to the state, but there are no breeding populations in Iowa. South Dakota and Nebraska are home to small breeding populations of the big cats. They said on occasion, young males will get chased from their home territories by older males and make long treks searching for new territory. “While Iowa might offer ample food, it lacks the vast expanse of wild country and female mates that these young males seek. So they often continue moving on, which means there are no breeding populations in Iowa. The Iowa DNR has not stocked mountain lions and has no plans to do so,” the DNR said on its website.