Puma
Field guide
mammal ·

Puma

Puma concolor

Overview

Corcovado and the Osa Peninsula are the two atlas places where the Puma is recorded, with records concentrating in Argentina, the United States, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia. The atlas holds 3,265 open records of this member of the Felidae family across 11 countries. This map tracks the areas where those records concentrate.

Because the records span both hemispheres, the recorded months differ by region and each place page shows the timing for that location.

Records
3,265
Countries
11
Atlas places
2
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Puma as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Argentina
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1166 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • United States
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1116 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · high confidence · 377 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 267 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • French Guiana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 225 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 47 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Chile
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 29 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Canada
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 24 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Puma