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Cougar
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Specimen Overview
| Specimen ID |
NSMT-M 32354 Collection Database of Specimens and Materials of National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan |
|---|---|
| English Vernacular Name | Cougar |
| Scientific Name | Puma concolor Kawada et al., 2021 |
| Specimen Type | Taxidermy specimen |
| Collection Institution | National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan |
Size of Bounding Box
| Length of front and back | 1600 mm |
|---|---|
| Width | 651 mm |
| Height | 904 mm |
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Names of Taxa
| Order | Carnivora Kawada et al., 2021 |
|---|---|
| Family | Felidae Kawada et al., 2021 |
| Genus | Puma Kawada et al., 2021 |
Distribution
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Location data (mainly sampled or observed locations of organisms) on GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) GBIF Web site |
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IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Redlist Category IUCN Web site
| Scientific Name on IUCN Redlist | Puma concolor IUCN |
|---|---|
| English Vernacular Name on IUCN Redlist | Puma IUCN |
| Redlist Category |
Least Concern (LC) IUCN
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| Population Trend | Decreasing IUCN |
| Assessment Date | 2014-04-17 IUCN |
| Published Year | 2015 IUCN |
Specimen Details
| Verbatim Specimen ID | WTY_354 |
|---|---|
| Collection Date | 1991-02 |
| Scientific Name | Puma concolor Kawada et al., 2021 |
| English Vernacular Name | Cougar |
| Collection Country | UNITED STATES |
| Collection Locality | La Cueva Lodge in the Jemez Valley, NEW MEXICO, USA |
| Collection Name | Yoshimoto Collection |
Species Information
Information on ASM (American Society of Mammalogists) Mammal Diversity Database MDD Web site
| Scientific Name on MDD | Puma concolor MDD |
|---|---|
| English Vernacular Name on MDD | Puma MDD |
| Synonym(s) of English Vernacular Name on MDD | Cougar, Mountain Lion, Catamount, Panther, Florida Panther MDD |
| Locality of Type Specimen on MDD | Cayenne region, French Guiana. MDD |
Information on Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition MSW3 Web site
| Scientific Name on MSW3 | Puma concolor MSW3 |
|---|---|
| Locality of Type Specimen on MDW3 | "Brassilia", restricted by Goldman (In Young and Goldman, 1946:200) to "Cayenne region, French Guiana". MSW3 |
Information on Animal Diversity Web ADW Web site
| Scientific Name on ADW | Puma concolor ADW |
|---|---|
| Habitat | temperate; tropical; terrestrial; desert or dune; savanna or grassland; chaparral; forest; rainforest; scrub forest; mountains; suburban; agricultural; riparian ADW |
| Food Habit | carnivore (eats terrestrial vertebrates); birds; mammals; fish; mollusks; stores or caches food ADW |
| Sexual Dimorphism | male larger ADW |
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References
- Kawada et al., 2021 Kawada S., Iwasa M., Fukui D., Shintaku Y., Amano M., Shimoinaba, S., Taru. S., Anezaki, T., Suzuki, S., Oshida T., and Yokohata Y. 2021. The List of Standard Japanese Names of World Mammals. The Mammal Society of Japan, https://www.mammalogy.jp/list/index.html (accessed 2021-12-28).
- S-Net National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan. 2025. Science Museum Net Record 4714159. Science Museum Net, http://science-net.kahaku.go.jp/specimen/4714159 (accessed 2025-03-17).
- GBIF
- IUCN Nielsen, C., Thompson, D., Kelly, M. & Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A. 2015. Puma concolor (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T18868A97216466. (accessed 2025-12-04).
- MDD Mammal Diversity Database. 2022. Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.8) [Data set]. Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4139818 (accessed 2022-02-28).
- MSW3 Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
- ADW Shivaraju Dewey, A. 2003. "Puma concolor" (On-line). Animal Diversity Web, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Puma_concolor/ (accessed 2025-12-06).
Overview of Each Dataset
- Kawada et al., 2021 The List of Standard Japanese Names of World Mammals (Kawada et al., 2021) is a list of "standard Japanese names" maintained by The Mammal Society of Japan, which includes Japanese names, scientific names, and notations in other species name lists.
- S-Net S-Net (Science Museum Net) is a database that collects information on natural history specimens held by natural history museums in Japan.
- GBIF GBIF (the Global Biodiversity Information Facility) is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth, primarily through a web database.
- IUCN IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is an international conservation network that publishes the Red List, a list of endangered wildlife species, and a database on them.
- MDD MDD (Mammal Diversity Database) is a species list compiled by the American Society of Mammalogists that provides taxonomic and biodiversity information on mammals. The following MSW3 and other information has been revised.
- MSW3 MSW3 (Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition) is a database of mammalian taxa used as a reference for taxonomic research. It is also referenced by Kawada et al. (2021) and MDD above.
- ADW ADW (Animal Diversity Web) is a database of the natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology of animals, and aims to provide information as an online encyclopedia and virtual museum.
