Mass: 49 kg based on Laundré and Hernândez 2002 and Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019

Diet: carnivore based on Bacon et al. 2011

Abundance: 0.00 to 29.55% (median 1.29%)

Latitudinal range: -48.4° to 56.3°

Habitats: (18), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (3), montane grassland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (14), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (17), tropical/subtropical savanna (4), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

Found in 65 samples

Argentina: Acambuco, Iguazù National Park (on roads), Bañados del Quirquincho (bañadero forest), Población Anticura (Holoceno Medio) (Holocene), Cueva Tùnel (Holocene)

Belize: Extinction Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Caxiuanä National Forest (March), Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping), Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, Carlos Botelho State Park, Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2006/2007), Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2009/2010), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park (camera trapping), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Iguaçu National Park, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Canada: Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Algar

Colombia: Puracé National Park - Cusiyaco Lagoon, Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Laguna del Petrolero

Costa Rica: Pacuare Nature Reserve, Piedras Blancas National Park

Ecuador: Pirincay (Early) (Holocene), La Chimba (Holocene), Challuahamba (Holocene)

Honduras: Rio Sikre

Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Estación Científica Las Joyas, Tolistoque (dry season), Tolistoque (rainy season), Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1), Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, Ajos, Madera West, El Zurdo (Holocene)

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019), Cerro Baùl (Holocene)

United States: Boulder County, North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, Davis Mountain Preserve, Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Golf Course (Late Pleistocene), Rancho La Brea (Pit 91) (Late Pleistocene), Angel Site (Subdivision W10D) (Holocene), Taddlock (Holocene), McLelland (Holocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Nugget Canyon, West of US 287, Granite Cave (Holocene)

♀ body mass	40600 kg	N = 78	Laundré and Hernândez 2002
♂ body mass	59900 kg	N = 69	Laundré and Hernândez 2002
♂ body mass	52000 kg	N = 1	Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♂ body mass	48000 kg	N = 1	Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♂ body mass	45000 kg	N = 1	Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♂ ear length	75 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length	1520 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length	248 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♀ tail length	732 mm	N = 78	Laundré and Hernândez 2002
♂ tail length	744 mm	N = 69	Laundré and Hernândez 2002
♂ tail length	710 mm	N = 1	Sanderson 1949
♀ total body length	1941 mm	N = 78	Laundré and Hernândez 2002
♂ total body length	2051 mm	N = 69	Laundré and Hernândez 2002

See also Puma, Puma paradoides, Puma pardoides