Will's Skull Page - Cougar Skull

Puma concolor

Cougar, Mountain Lion or Puma

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The largest of the non-pantherine cats, the cougar ranged over most of N & S America, occupying a wide range of habitats. Persecution has exterminated it in the eastern US but there are signs that it is re-occupying this area.

1. Skull of Cougar, lateral view

Specimen A

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2. Skull of Cougar, male, ventral view

Specimen B

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3. Skull of Cougar, female, specimen C, lateral view

Specimen C

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Internet Resources

Standard references :
American Society of Mammalogists Monographs
Smithsonian / Wilson & Reeder's Taxonomic List
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web

Taxonomy:
Order - Carnivora (typical carnivores)
Suborder - Feliformia (cat-like)
Family - Felidae (cats)
Sub-family - Felinae (non-pantherine cats)

Scientific Name:
Puma - Quechua name
concolor - "all one colour"

Dental Formula
U 3.1.3.1 - L 3.1.2.1

Measurements: (defined)
Specimen A
Condylobasal length - 152mm
Zygomatic width - 125mm (more) Specimens B & C
Sorry, no measurements

Collection Data
Specimen A
Stage - Immature
Collector - Courtesy of Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Specimens B & C
Courtesy of Joey Williams

Skull Measurements (defined)
all measurements in mm
Specimen	CB	ZW	JL	IW	PC	NL	UT	Sex	Comments
A	152	125	123	30.5	41.0	42.0	-	-