Predators & furbearers
Cougar
Puma concolor
- Group
- Predators & furbearers
- Size class
- Medium (10–70 kg)
- Family
- Felidae
Range
- North America
- South America
Habitat
- Mountain
- Forest
Range
Countries it is found in
22 countries
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- United States
- Venezuela
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Cougar. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:no rights reservedCC0
Cross-reference
Related species
Its closest relatives in the compendium, nearest kinship first.
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Same subfamily (Felinae)
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Same subfamily (Felinae)
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Same subfamily (Felinae)
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Cheetah
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Same subfamily (Felinae)
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Eurasian lynx
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Same subfamily (Felinae)
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Same subfamily (Felinae)
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