PumaAnimal - Puma is a genus in the family Felidae that contains the cougar (also known as the puma, among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil
![Huge male Puma pardoides patrolling its territory in modern day Georgia, pleistocene : r/Pumaconcolor Huge male Puma pardoides patrolling its territory in modern day Georgia, pleistocene : r/Pumaconcolor](https://preview.redd.it/huge-male-puma-pardoides-patrolling-its-territory-in-modern-v0-odcrcaxazbib1.jpg?auto=webp&s=9ac25cbad19794ba402b4b1978f36d872c88110c)
Huge male Puma pardoides patrolling its territory in modern day Georgia, pleistocene : r/Pumaconcolor
![Synchrotron radiation reveals the identity of the large felid from Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene, Italy) | Scientific Reports Synchrotron radiation reveals the identity of the large felid from Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene, Italy) | Scientific Reports](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-018-26698-6/MediaObjects/41598_2018_26698_Fig1_HTML.jpg)
Synchrotron radiation reveals the identity of the large felid from Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene, Italy) | Scientific Reports
![PDF] The Eurasian puma-like cat "Puma pardoides" (Owen 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae): Taxonomy, Biogeography and dispersal events | Semantic Scholar PDF] The Eurasian puma-like cat "Puma pardoides" (Owen 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae): Taxonomy, Biogeography and dispersal events | Semantic Scholar](https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/ad2fc61c380589fb381b3e08f82bd9f34d643fe7/4-Figure1-1.png)
PDF] The Eurasian puma-like cat "Puma pardoides" (Owen 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae): Taxonomy, Biogeography and dispersal events | Semantic Scholar
![The Eurasian Cougar, Puma Pardoides, lived throughout Eurasia until the Early/Mid Pleistocene. Its disappearance coincided with The Leopard's colonization of Eurasia (Hjalte Kyærby -Twitter) : r/pleistocene The Eurasian Cougar, Puma Pardoides, lived throughout Eurasia until the Early/Mid Pleistocene. Its disappearance coincided with The Leopard's colonization of Eurasia (Hjalte Kyærby -Twitter) : r/pleistocene](https://i.redd.it/9xhnuuaw3et91.jpg)
The Eurasian Cougar, Puma Pardoides, lived throughout Eurasia until the Early/Mid Pleistocene. Its disappearance coincided with The Leopard's colonization of Eurasia (Hjalte Kyærby -Twitter) : r/pleistocene
![Earliest occurrence of Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae) at the Plio/Pleistocene transition in western Europe: New evidence from the Middle Villafranchian assemblage of Montopoli, Italy - ScienceDirect Earliest occurrence of Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae) at the Plio/Pleistocene transition in western Europe: New evidence from the Middle Villafranchian assemblage of Montopoli, Italy - ScienceDirect](https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1631068313000195-gr1.jpg)
Earliest occurrence of Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae) at the Plio/Pleistocene transition in western Europe: New evidence from the Middle Villafranchian assemblage of Montopoli, Italy - ScienceDirect
![Prehistoric.Fauna on X: "What we know of Puma pardoides suggests that it was similar in appearance to modern pumas – certainly its short-faced skull is puma-like, and with an estimated mass of Prehistoric.Fauna on X: "What we know of Puma pardoides suggests that it was similar in appearance to modern pumas – certainly its short-faced skull is puma-like, and with an estimated mass of](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIcW7cDXEAAPdqh.jpg)