Cougar

Puma concolor · Felidae

The cougar, also called puma, mountain lion, catamount, and panther, is a large feline native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world. Its range spans Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, the Rocky Mountains and areas in the western United States.

Where the Cougar lives

Recorded in United States of America, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Canada (North America and South America).

Most records fall in California, Nebraska, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Washington, Chiapas and Colorado.

See the Cougar’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 23,570 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.