Northern South American cougar
| Northern South American cougar | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Puma |
| Species: | P. concolor |
| Subspecies: | P. c. concolor |
| Trinomial name | |
| Puma concolor concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) | |
The northern South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor) is a subspecies of the cougar that lives in the northern part of South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Peru and northern Brazil. It is the nominate subspecies of Puma concolor. It preys on birds, deer, sloths, mice, frogs, agoutis, and lizards, as a result of coexisting with larger jaguars.[1] They rarely prey on domesticated animals.[2]