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Published November 14, 2025 | Version v1
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Puma concolor

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Life Science, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594 AV The Hague, Netherlands
  • 3. Asociación Ecológica Paquera, Lepanto y Cóbano, PO Box 25 - 5353, Jicaral, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
  • 4. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy
  • 5. Associazione Foreste per Sempre OdV, Via D'Avia Sud 65 / a, 41126 Modena, Italy
  • 6. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy & Associazione Foreste per Sempre OdV, Via D'Avia Sud 65 / a, 41126 Modena, Italy

Description

Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)

Fig. 3 E Puma

Material examined.

Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge; 09°52'24"N, 085°03'30"W; 362 m alt.; 10.04.2018; camera trapping.

Identification.

Large-sized cat. The only larger felid in Costa Rica is the jaguar Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) which was present in the Wildlife Refuge until the 1970 s (L. A. Mena Aguilar pers. obs.). The fur varies in colour from pale to reddish brown. Often black and white facial markings and a black tip on the tail. It may be confused with the red phase of H. yagouaroundi but is considerably larger (Wainwright 2007). The most widespread wildcat of the world, with a range expanding from Alaska to the southern tip of South America (Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). Records of females with cubs confirm that this species breeds within the Wildlife Refuge or in its vicinity (see also the Discussion chapter). Rare in the study area; recorded in different habitat types.

Notes

Published as part of Fonda, Federica, Vezzani, Liam, Mena Aguilar, Luis Ángel, Venegas-Elizondo, Carlos Andrés, Bolaños Brenes, Alexander, Lopez, Dayron Manuel, Romeo, Giuseppe, Sonetti, Dario & Dal Zotto, Matteo, 2025, Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica, pp. 37-74 in ZooKeys 1260 on pages 37-74, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9F9C8788180053D7B1222FD211FB694C

Cites
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800.figure3 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1466147 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1B73044D6EBF5FF0BDAF874EDB4F5991 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/4327BF20-1A59-43BD-93CC-4AC6B8098403 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/9F9C8788180053D7B1222FD211FB694C (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/305982144 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313097/taxon/9F9C8788180053D7B1222FD211FB694C.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Event date
2018-04-10
Verbatim event date
2018-04-10
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Puma
Species
concolor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) sec. Fonda, Vezzani, Aguilar, Venegas-Elizondo, Brenes, Lopez, Romeo, Sonetti & Zotto, 2025

References

  • Wainwright M (2007) The mammals of Costa Rica: A natural history and field guide. Zona Tropical, Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, and London, United Kingdom, 454 pp.
  • Reid F, Gοmez Zamora G (2022) Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, New York, 286 pp.