cougar

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q35255
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Summary

cougar is a taxon[1]. cougar ranks in the top 0.016% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63,759 views/month, #31 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Puma[5]
  • Taxon name: Puma concolor[6]
  • Subclass of: big cat[7], Felinae[8]
  • Commons category: Puma concolor[9]
  • Start time: -300000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Puma concolor[11]
  • Commons gallery: Puma concolor[12]
  • Main food source: Odocoileus virginianus[13], Cervus canadensis[14], beaver[15], New World porcupine[16], raccoon[17], Mephitidae[18], Alces alces[19], Wild Turkey[20], sea otter[21], rabbit[22], Tamias[23], Eurasian Red Squirrel[24], mule deer[25], Marsh deer[26]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[27], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29]

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Identifiers

cougar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9696[30]. cougar's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311910[31]. cougar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435099[32]. cougar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552479[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for cougar include OS X Mountain Lion[34], an operating system[35] and Mac OS X Panther[36], an operating system[37].

Why It Matters

cougar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] cougar is known by 117 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for cougar include OS X Mountain Lion[34], an operating system[35] and Mac OS X Panther[36], an operating system[37].

References

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → puma
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: puma"
  2. 7w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → puma
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: puma, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949850|puma (#289949850)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
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