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Puma concolor
Mountain Lion
Authorship: (Linnaeus)
Description & Notes
using generic name Puma instead of Felis follows Wilson and Reeder, 2005.
Collection Information
Records
it is known from tracks near IMRS HQ and in Clay Bluffs Draw (J.D.Johnson, UTEP), observed during July 2001 at Cougar Cave by G.W. Johnson and H. Riveroll, Jr. (UTEP), during March 2012 at Echo Spring Spring by A.S. Davis (UTEP), during March 2012 by J. Alva (UTEP) [Photo], during 2021 west of Double Tank Corral by J.D. Johnson (UTEP), 4 October 2020, 6 January 2022, and 31 July 2022 near Box Canyon of Rio Grande by V. Mata-Silva (UTEP) and A. Rocha (UTEP) [Videos].
Recent Observations
Sourced from iNaturalist
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bethpratt1
Jun 11, 2026
Hoover Wilderness, Groveland, CA, US

ajdennhardt
Jun 12, 2026
Fillmore, CA, US

jabonucci
Jun 12, 2026
Corral De Tierra, CA 93908, USA

danielavalo
Jun 11, 2026
Entre Ríos, AR