Puma concolor

Common names: mountain lion, mountain lions, puma, Cougar, cougar / mountain lion

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Felidae

Roles: predator, habitat component, incidental observation, host, study subject, pest, managed species, threatened species, wildlife

ITIS TSN: 552479

Synonyms: Mt.lion, mountain lions, mountain lion, Cougar

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 35 | Mentions: 86

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

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Publications (35)

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Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

2025Behavioral EcologyRole: predator

article

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators

2025Behavioral EcologyRole: predator

student_paper

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

2024Role: predator

student_paper

Social Security: Do Individuals in Tight-Knit Social Groups Perceive Greater Security?

2024Role: predator

article

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2024Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

article

Agonistic and affiliative social relationships are associated with marmot docility but not boldness

2023Animal BehaviourRole: predator

article

Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

Documents (33)

technical report

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

environmental assessment

Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project 1997-1998 Progress Report Presented To The Wildlife Commission

environmental assessment

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

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Co-occurring Species

Canis latrans

Canidae33 shared papers

Ursus americanus

Ursidae33 shared papers

Marmota

Sciuridae32 shared papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae31 shared papers

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae27 shared papers

Odocoileus hemionus

Cervidae26 shared papers

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Salicaceae26 shared papers

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae20 shared papers

Ovis canadensis

Bovidae19 shared papers

fish and wildlife (general)

18 shared papers

2023Frontiers in Conservation ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Extending the social cohesion hypothesis: Is group cohesion associated with dispersal?

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2023Role: predator

article

How do humans impact yellow-bellied marmots? An integrative analysis

2021Applied Animal Behaviour ScienceRole: text_match

thesis

Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and abundance

2020Role: incidental observation

student_paper

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Snowmelt affects aphid (Aphis asclepladis) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

2019Role: text_match

article

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

student_paper

Dispersal, Wing Morphology and Physiology relationships in Euphydryas Gillettii and implications for conservation

2018Role: text_match

other

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

2014Current ZoologyRole: predator

article

Prey responses to predatorâ€™s sounds: a review and empirical study.

2014EthologyRole: predator

article

Climate change and the conservation of marmots

2013Natural ScienceRole: predator

article

Estimating the effect of temporal autocorrelated environments on the demography of density-independent age-structured populations

2013Methods in Ecology and EvolutionRole: predator

student_paper

Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

2012Role: predator

student_paper

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) detect coyote (Canis latrans) scent

2011Role: text_match

article

A test of the multipredator hypothesis: yellow-bellied marmots respond fearfully to the sight of novel and extinct predators

2009Animal BehaviourRole: predator

article

Influence of local demography on asymptotic and transient dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation

2009American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2008EthologyRole: predator

student_paper

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2007Role: predator

article

Predicted fitness consequences of threat-sensitive hiding behavior

2007Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Metapopulation dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

Antipredatory response of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) to predator urines

2005Role: predator

article

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2001American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

Cougars and conservation biology

1994Role: text_match

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the North American Wolverine in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Remanded Determination of Status for the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx

news article

Energy Conservation

environmental assessment

Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

technical report

Fact Sheet Proposal by Little Horn Energy Wyoming Inc. (LHEW) to Construct a 1001 Megawatt Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility on the Dry Fork of the Little Bighorn River In the Bighorn Nation Forest in Wyoming

Document

Fossil Ridge RMA Road Inventory

Document

Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

Document

Gunnison County Stockgrowers 1894-1994

Document

Gunnison County Wilderness Alert

Document

Living With Beavers

environmental assessment

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

environmental assessment

New Wilderness Study Areas: Roadless Area Review and Evaluation

county plan

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

county plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

environmental assessment

Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project

management plan

Proposed New Wilderness Study Area: Roadless Area Review and Evaluation.

federal register notice

Southwest Resource Advisory Council Open Houses

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

correspondence

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service: Public Hearing in the Matter of: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument Wilderness Reporter's Transcript

news article

Wilderness Newsletter

correspondence

Puma concolor

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (35)

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Social Security: Do Individuals in Tight-Knit Social Groups Perceive Greater Security?

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Agonistic and affiliative social relationships are associated with marmot docility but not boldness

Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

Documents (33)

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

BLM Wilderness: The Colorado Proposal

Beaver In Water Impoundments: Understanding A Problem of Water-Level Management

Beaver in Western North America: An Annotated Bibliography 1966 to 1986

Beavers Once Helped Settle America- Now They Unsettle Land Managers

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Initiative Legacy Project 1997-1998 Progress Report Presented To The Wildlife Commission

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

Co-occurring Species

Canis latrans

Ursus americanus

Marmota

Marmota flaviventris

Picea engelmannii

Odocoileus hemionus

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Vulpes vulpes

Ovis canadensis

fish and wildlife (general)

Extending the social cohesion hypothesis: Is group cohesion associated with dispersal?

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

How do humans impact yellow-bellied marmots? An integrative analysis

Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

The effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and abundance

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

Dispersal, Wing Morphology and Physiology relationships in <i> Euphydryas Gillettii </I> and implications for conservation

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

Human activity affects the perception of risk by mule deer

Prey responses to predatorâ€™s sounds: a review and empirical study.

Climate change and the conservation of marmots

Estimating the effect of temporal autocorrelated environments on the demography of density-independent age-structured populations

Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) detect coyote (<i>Canis latrans</i>) scent

A test of the multipredator hypothesis: yellow-bellied marmots respond fearfully to the sight of novel and extinct predators

Influence of local demography on asymptotic and transient dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

Predicted fitness consequences of threat-sensitive hiding behavior

Metapopulation dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots

Antipredatory response of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) to predator urines

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Cougars and conservation biology

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the North American Wolverine in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Remanded Determination of Status for the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx

Energy Conservation

Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

Fact Sheet Proposal by Little Horn Energy Wyoming Inc. (LHEW) to Construct a 1001 Megawatt Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Facility on the Dry Fork of the Little Bighorn River In the Bighorn Nation Forest in Wyoming

Fossil Ridge RMA Road Inventory

Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

Gunnison County Stockgrowers 1894-1994

Gunnison County Wilderness Alert

Living With Beavers

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

New Wilderness Study Areas: Roadless Area Review and Evaluation

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project

Proposed New Wilderness Study Area: Roadless Area Review and Evaluation.

Southwest Resource Advisory Council Open Houses

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal