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The Puma concolor is known as a mountain lion, cougar, panther, puma, catamount, mountain cat, mountain screamer, painter and other names.

It was previously placed in the genus Felis, but is now in Puma.

Native to the Americas, it is a large, solitary cat with a range from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes Mountains in South America.

Genus - Puma (no longer in Felis)

Species - concolor

Family - Felidae

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