Cougar
Large cat of the family Felidae native to the Americas "Mountain lion" redirects here. For other uses, see Cougar (disambiguation) and Mountain lion (disambiguation). Cougar [1] Temporal range: 0.3–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Middle Pleistocene–Holocene A North American cougar in Yellowstone National Park Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) [2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Feliformia Family: Felidae Subfamily: Felinae Genus: Puma Species: P. concolor Binomial name Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) [3] Subspecies P. c. concolor P. c. couguar Also see text Cougar range Synonyms Felis concolor The cougar ( Puma concolor ), also commonly known as the mountain lion , puma , panther , or 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 most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mam...