It has a long tail with a slight crook in it. El puma, león de montaña, león o pantera (Puma concolor), es un mamífero de la familia Felidae, nativo de América. I knew a little about them from living in Utah County, where there are cougars in the mountains, and with BYU (nearby university) having the cougar as their mascot. However, its abundance is thought to be declining globally (Nielsen et al. They have a very wide range extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America.

P. c. Concolor: esta subespecie es denominada puma del norte de América del sur, siendo la típica y distribuida en Venezuela, Colombia, Brasil, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile y Argentina. In the southwestern United States, pumas (Puma concolor) are a well distributed and wide-ranging large carnivore that are sensitive to loss of habitat and to the disruption of pathways that connect their populations. Endangered Species Act (1973). Mountain lion, Puma concolor. Florida panther, member of a population of large New World cats of the species Puma concolor, family Felidae, confined to a small, isolated, and inbred group in southern Florida and protected by the U.S. The crooked tail and a whorl of hair on its back are characteristics that make it different from the mountain lion. Puma, León de Monte (Puma concolor) By Rodrigo Miguel Villanueva Meza, Licet Olguín Hernández, Belinda Ariadna Ibarra López and José Gabriel Téllez Torres. 2015), primarily due to anthropogenic pressure (Logan and Sweanor 2001; Murphy and Macdonald 2010; De Angelo et al. Puma concolor has an extensive geographic distribution and is characterized by wide ecological plasticity (Nowell and Jackson 1996). En Guatemala, el puma centroamericano o Puma concolor sufre cada año el desplazamiento de su hábitat natural, debido a diversas amenazas. El puma, lleón de monte, lleón o pantera (Puma concolor) ye un mamíferu carnívoru de la familia Felidae nativu d'América.. Esti gran felín vive en más llugares que cualesquier otru mamíferu xavaz terrestre del continente, yá que s'estiende dende'l Yukón, en Canadá, hasta'l sur de la cordal de los Andes y la Patagonia, Arxentina y Chile en América del Sur. Distribución y Hábitat del Puma El puma es uno de los g más grandes de todos los que son nativos del continente americano.

The Florida panther is a subspecies of the mountain lion. P. c. Costaricensis: el puma centroamericano o costarricense es una subespecie que se … Abstract. Puma concolor has an extensive geographic distribution and is characterized by wide ecological plasticity (Nowell and Jackson 1996).However, its abundance is thought to be declining globally (Nielsen et al. 2015), primarily due to anthropogenic pressure (Logan and Sweanor 2001; Murphy and Macdonald 2010; De Angelo et al.