Puma (disambiguation)

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The Puma is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas, and very commonly called the Cougar.

Puma may also refer to:

• Puma (genus), the genus of the Cougar and the Jaguarundi
• Puma (language), a language of Nepal
• Puma AG, a German shoe and sportswear company
• Lake Puma, a lake in Tibet

In science and technology:

• Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly (PUMA)
• P53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA)
• Puma, the codename for Mac OS X v10.1

In fiction:

• Puma (comics), a Marvel Comics hero/villain
• The Pumaman, an Italian superhero movie

In people:

• T. J. Perkins, also known as Puma, American professional wrestler
• El Puma, nickname for Latin singer Jose Luis Rodriguez
• El Puma, nickname for Peruvian football player José Luis Carranza

In vehicles:

• Puma (AFV), an Italian family of light wheeled armoured fighting vehicles
• Puma (car), a brand of Brazilian-made sports cars
• Puma (IFV), a German infantry fighting vehicle
• Aérospatiale Puma, a medium-lift helicopter
• IDF Puma, an Israeli combat engineering vehicle
• Ford Puma, an automobile
• Puma or SdKfz 234/2, a German armored car of WWII

In sports:

• UNAM Pumas or Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexican professional football club
• Pumas (rugby team), of South Africa's Mpumalanga Province
• Los Pumas, nickname for the Argentina national rugby union team