Edmonton and Area Land Trust - It's FaunaFriday! Let's talk about our largest cat, the cougar. Also known as puma, mountain lion, panther and about 40 other names. Found mostly in the
![Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar, also known as the puma, among other names and the jaguarundi Stock Photo - Alamy Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar, also known as the puma, among other names and the jaguarundi Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CPF30F/puma-is-a-genus-in-felidae-that-contains-the-cougar-also-known-as-CPF30F.jpg)
Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar, also known as the puma, among other names and the jaguarundi Stock Photo - Alamy
![Felis concolor, Print, The cougar (Puma concolor), also commonly known by other names including mountain lion, panther, puma, and catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas. Felis concolor, Print, The cougar (Puma concolor), also commonly known by other names including mountain lion, panther, puma, and catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A2MKJA/felis-concolor-print-the-cougar-puma-concolor-also-commonly-known-by-other-names-including-mountain-lion-panther-puma-and-catamount-is-a-large-felid-of-the-subfamily-felinae-native-to-the-americas-its-range-from-the-canadian-yukon-to-the-southern-andes-of-south-america-is-the-widest-of-any-large-wild-terrestrial-mammal-in-the-western-hemisphere-an-adaptable-generalist-species-the-cougar-is-found-in-most-american-habitat-types-it-is-the-biggest-cat-in-north-america-and-the-second-heaviest-cat-in-the-new-world-after-the-jaguar-secretive-and-largely-solitary-by-nature-the-2A2MKJA.jpg)
Felis concolor, Print, The cougar (Puma concolor), also commonly known by other names including mountain lion, panther, puma, and catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas.
![Is Mountain Lion, Cougar, Panther, Puma, Catamount, and Painter all the same cat? How did the cougar get each of these names? - Quora Is Mountain Lion, Cougar, Panther, Puma, Catamount, and Painter all the same cat? How did the cougar get each of these names? - Quora](https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0a4a801746e58f94888394e05c769232.webp)
Is Mountain Lion, Cougar, Panther, Puma, Catamount, and Painter all the same cat? How did the cougar get each of these names? - Quora
![Top Cats: How Pumas and Other Apex Predators' Populations Affect The Big Biodiversity Picture | KQED Top Cats: How Pumas and Other Apex Predators' Populations Affect The Big Biodiversity Picture | KQED](https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/04/kumalion.jpg)
Top Cats: How Pumas and Other Apex Predators' Populations Affect The Big Biodiversity Picture | KQED
![A Puma By Any Other Name -- Mountain Lion at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, California Photograph by Darin Volpe A Puma By Any Other Name -- Mountain Lion at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, California Photograph by Darin Volpe](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/a-puma-by-any-other-name-mountain-lion-at-living-desert-zoo-and-gardens-palm-desert-california-darin-volpe.jpg)