Puma

genus of mammals

Species

Puma

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderCarnivora
FamilyFelidae

Observations recorded34,344

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Research

7,634 papers

PUMA reduces FASN ubiquitination to promote lipid accumulation and tumor progression in human clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Cell death & disease · 2025
Dietary patterns of a versatile large carnivore, the puma (Puma concolor).Ecology and evolution · 2022
Disease Surveillance of Cougars (Puma concolor) in Utah, USA.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2023
Contribution of Puma to Inflammatory Resolution During Early Pneumococcal Pneumonia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
The role of P53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) in ovarian development, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2021

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taxon name: Puma
Commons category: Puma
Commons gallery: Puma
start time: 3000000-00

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Puma (/ˈpjuːmə/ or /ˈpuːmə/) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene). In addition to these potential Old World fossils, a few New World fossil representatives are possible, such as Puma pumoides and the two species of the so-called "American cheetah", currently classified under the genus Miracinonyx.

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