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: 31 | Mentions: 99

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

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Publications (33)

article

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

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

2023Frontiers in Conservation ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Documents (39)

technical report

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

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

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

technical report

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

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Co-occurring Species

Ursus americanus

Ursidae77 shared papers

Odocoileus hemionus

Cervidae58 shared papers

Canis latrans

Canidae55 shared papers

Ovis canadensis

Bovidae47 shared papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae42 shared papers

Aquila chrysaetos

Accipitridae38 shared papers

Marmota

Sciuridae36 shared papers

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae34 shared papers

Martes americana

Mustelidae27 shared papers

Buteo jamaicensis

Accipitridae27 shared papers

2023Role: predator

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2023Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

2023Behavioral EcologyRole: predator

article

Effects of Hunting on a Puma Population in Colorado

2021Wildlife MonographsRole: text_match

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

thesis

The Use of Conservation Genomics To Inform Law and Policy

2020UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)Role: 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

student_paper

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

2018Role: 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

Effect of Enhanced Nutrition on Mule Deer Population Rate of Change

2009Wildlife MonographsRole: 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

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: potential predator

article

Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2001American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Songbird and Medium‐Sized Mammal Communities Associated with Exurban Development in Pitkin County, Colorado

2001Conservation BiologyRole: study subject (detected too in

environmental assessment

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

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

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 rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Contiguous U.S. 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

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

Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

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Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

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Gunnison County Stockgrowers 1894-1994

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Gunnison County Wilderness Alert

Document

Living With Beavers

environmental assessment

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

management plan

Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado

county plan

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

county plan

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

county plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

county plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

environmental assessment

Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

news article

Wilderness Newsletter

correspondence

Wildlife Commission Minutes

correspondence

Puma concolor

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (33)

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?

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

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Documents (39)

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

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

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

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

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

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

Co-occurring Species

Ursus americanus

Odocoileus hemionus

Canis latrans

Ovis canadensis

Marmota flaviventris

Aquila chrysaetos

Marmota

Vulpes vulpes

Martes americana

Buteo jamaicensis

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Social security: Does social position influence flight initiation distance?

Effects of Hunting on a Puma Population in Colorado

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 Use of Conservation Genomics To Inform Law and Policy

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

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

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

Effect of Enhanced Nutrition on Mule Deer Population Rate of Change

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

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

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

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

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

Songbird and Medium‐Sized Mammal Communities Associated with Exurban Development in Pitkin County, Colorado

Draft Report Fossil Ridge Wilderness Study Area

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

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

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

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

Gunnison Country Hunting Guide

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

Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998