![]() Members of the genus Puma are primarily found in the mountains of North and South America, where a majority of individuals can be found in rocky crags and pastures lower than the slopes grazing herbivores inhabit. Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes in Argentina and Chile Pumas are the most adaptable felines in the Americas and are found in a variety of different habitats, unlike other cat species. The seven subspecies of pumas all have similar characteristics but tend to vary in color and size. Despite their large size, they are more closely related to smaller feline species than to lions or leopards. They are also commonly known as cougars and mountain lions, and are able to reach larger sizes than some other "big" cat individuals. In addition to these potential Old World fossils, a few New World fossil representatives are possible, such as Puma pumoides and the two species of the so-called " American cheetah", currently classified under the genus Miracinonyx. Puma ( / ˈ p j uː m ə/ or / ˈ p uː m ə/) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
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