Puma
Photo © Jeff Bartlett
Photo © Jeff Bartlett — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #157098031El puma, león de montaña o león americano (Puma concolor) es un mamífero carnívoro de la familia Felidae nativo de América. Este felino vive en más lugares que cualquier otro mamífero silvestre terrestre del continente, ya que su área de distribución se extiende desde el Yukón, en Canadá, hasta el sur de la cordillera de los Andes y la Patagonia en América del Sur. Con esta amplia distribución geográfica, el puma tiene decenas de nombres y es mencionado con diversas referencias en la mitología de los pueblos aborígenes de América y también en la cultura contemporánea. Además, el puma es territorial y tiene una baja densidad de población.
El puma es una especie adaptable y generalista, por lo que habita en los principales biomas de toda América. Es el segundo mayor félido del continente, después del jaguar, y el cuarto más grande del mundo, después del tigre, y el león. Su tamaño es algo mayor que el del leopardo, aunque está más emparentado con los pequeños felinos. Eso se aprecia notablemente en que, a diferencia de los grandes félidos del género Panthera, que pueden rugir (a excepción del irbis), el puma ronronea como los felinos menores.
Como cazador y depredador de emboscada, el puma obtiene una amplia variedad de presas. Su principal alimento son los ungulados como el ciervo, en particular en la parte septentrional de su área de distribución, o como el guanaco y otros camélidos, al sur en Sudamérica, y especies tan pequeñas como insectos y roedores. Prefiere hábitat con vegetación densa durante las horas de acecho, pero puede vivir en zonas abiertas. La extensión de su territorio depende de la vegetación y de la abundancia de presas. Aunque es un gran depredador, no siempre es la especie dominante en su área de distribución, como cuando compite con otros depredadores como el jaguar.
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+62 aves+19 mamíferos
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+126 aves+28 mamíferos
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+123 aves+29 mamíferos
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+101 aves+11 mamíferos
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+47 aves+6 mamíferos
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+92 aves+12 mamíferos
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+53 aves+6 mamíferos
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+62 aves+8 mamíferos
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+12 aves+18 mamíferos
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+59 aves+8 mamíferos
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+12 aves+14 mamíferos
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+120 aves+30 mamíferos
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+12 aves+13 mamíferos
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+35 aves+5 mamíferos
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+142 aves+20 mamíferos
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+122 aves+22 mamíferos
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