Mass: 49 kg based on Laundré and Hernández 2002
Diet: carnivore based on Bacon et al. 2011
Abundance: 0.01 to 29.55% (median 1.88%)
Latitudinal range: -25.6° to 56.3°Habitats: (10), desert/xeric shrubland (1), 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 (14), tropical/subtropical savanna (3), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)
Found in 50 samples
Argentina: Acambuco, Iguazú National Park (on roads), Bañados del Quirquincho (bañadero forest)
Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)
Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Caxiuanã 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 Amapá (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapá (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
Canada: Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV)
Colombia: Puracé National Park - Cusiyaco Lagoon, Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Laguna del Petrolero
Costa Rica: Pacuare Nature Reserve
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
Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006)
United States: Boulder County, North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, Davis Mountain Preserve, Crystal Ball Cave, Golf Course, Rancho La Brea (Pit 91), Angel Site (Subdivision W10D), Taddlock, McLelland, Meyer Cave, Schulze Cave (layer C2)
♀ body mass | 40600 kg | N = 78 | Laundré and Hernández 2002 |
♂ body mass | 59900 kg | N = 69 | Laundré and Hernández 2002 |
♀ total body length | 1941 mm | N = 78 | Laundré and Hernández 2002 |
♂ total body length | 2051 mm | N = 69 | Laundré and Hernández 2002 |
♂ head and body length | 1520 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
♀ tail length | 732 mm | N = 78 | Laundré and Hernández 2002 |
♂ tail length | 744 mm | N = 69 | Laundré and Hernández 2002 |
♂ tail length | 710 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
♂ hind foot length | 248 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
♂ ear length | 75 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
See also Puma, Puma yagouaroundi