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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Puma concolor

Accepted taxon: Puma concolor


Accepted taxon: Puma concolor
Taxon: Puma concolor
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CARNIVORA | FELIFORMIA | Felidae | Felinae | Puma
Reference: Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Puma concolor diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 7, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 67, EE (Ether Extract) 19. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]


Table 1. List of Diet Items for Puma concolor.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Cervus WHOLE 15.32 Damuth, J…
Rodentia WHOLE 9.11 Damuth, J…
Odocoileus WHOLE 9.09 Nowak,R. …
Aves WHOLE 5.91 Alvarez, …
Artiodactyla WHOLE 5.75 Alvarez, …
Lepus WHOLE 5.50 Damuth, J…
Blastoceros WHOLE 4.55 Nowak,R. …
Hippocamelus WHOLE 3.03 Nowak,R. …
Akodon WHOLE 3.03 Rocha-Men…
Philander frenatus WHOLE 2.53 Rocha-Men…
Mammalia WHOLE 2.45 Alvarez, …
Arthropoda WHOLE 2.39 Rocha-Men…
Hystricognathi WHOLE 2.22 Grzimek,B…
Insecta WHOLE 2.02 Grzimek,B…
Zenaida auriculata WHOLE 2.02 Rocha-Men…
Castor WHOLE 1.82 Nowak,R. …
Poaceae STEM 1.52 Trovati, …
Thraupidae WHOLE 1.52 Rocha-Men…
Mazama WHOLE 1.52 Nowak,R. …
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris WHOLE 1.26 Grzimek,B…
Procyonidae WHOLE 1.24 Trovati, …
Tayassuidae WHOLE 1.10 Trovati, …
Dolichotis patagonum WHOLE 1.01 Alvarez, …
Didelphimorphia WHOLE 0.96 Trovati, …
Zaedyus pichiy WHOLE 0.95 Alvarez, …
Lepus europaeus WHOLE 0.89 Alvarez, …
Sus scrofa WHOLE 0.87 Damuth, J…
Dasypodinae WHOLE 0.85 Damuth, J…
Lycalopex gymnocercus WHOLE 0.83 Alvarez, …
Plantae FRUIT 0.83 Trovati, …
Dolichotis WHOLE 0.77 Alvarez, …
Antilocapra americana WHOLE 0.76 Grzimek,B…
Salvator WHOLE 0.71 Alvarez, …
Reptilia WHOLE 0.69 Trovati, …
Dolichotis salinicola WHOLE 0.65 Alvarez, …
Nothura WHOLE 0.59 Alvarez, …
Capra hircus WHOLE 0.53 Alvarez, …
Ovis canadensis WHOLE 0.51 Grzimek,B…
Syagrus romanzoffiana FRUIT 0.51 Rocha-Men…
Eudromia elegans WHOLE 0.48 Alvarez, …
Teiidae WHOLE 0.42 Alvarez, …
Chelonoidis chilensis WHOLE 0.36 Alvarez, …
Myrmecophagidae WHOLE 0.28 Trovati, …
Alces alces WHOLE 0.25 Grzimek,B…
Pecari tajacu WHOLE 0.18 Alvarez, …
Cervidae WHOLE 0.14 Trovati, …
Chlamyphorinae WHOLE 0.12 Alvarez, …

a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]


Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Puma concolor.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Carnivore Carnivore Cofre, H.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Cofre, H.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Terrestrial Terrestrial John L. G…
Temporal habits diurnal diurnal Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Puma concolor.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g 9 9 - - - 44,574.41 - - Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 23,600 - 227,000 - Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM) Chile g - - - - - 67,500 - - Cofre, H.…
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - - 53,954 - - Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM) Brazil g - - - - 22,000 46,000 70,000 - Paglia,A.…
Head-Body Length (HBL) nan mm 25 25 - - - 1,123.2 - - Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) nan mm 9 9 - - - 40.54 - - Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Puma concolor.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
brainmass nan g - - - - - 154 - - Engelman,…
skull_length nan mm - - - - - 199 - - Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 178 - - McNab, B.…
femur circumference nan mm - - - - - 56 - - Nelson, A…
femur diameter nan mm - - - - - 19 - - Nelson, A…
humerus circumference nan mm - - - - - 60 - - Nelson, A…
humerus diameter nan mm - - - - - 18 - - Nelson, A…
neck length nan mm - - - - - 93 - - Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 4 4 - - - 8,842 - - Genoud, M…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 2 2 - - - 13,685 - - Genoud, M…
relative blade length (RBL) nan unitless - - - - - 1 - - Juhn, M.S…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Puma concolor.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Felis concolor Robinson,John G., 1986, Body Size, Diet, and Population Density of Neotropical Forest Mammals, The American Naturalist 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Cofre,H., 1999, Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: an assessment, Biological Conservation 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis concolor Medellín,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis concolor Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Felis concolor Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Trovati, Roberto Guilherme, C. B. Campos, and B. A. Brito. "Nota sobre convergência e divergência alimentar de canídeos e felídeos (Mamalia: Carnivora) simpátricos no Cerrado brasileiro." Neotropical Biology and Conservation 3, no. 2 (2008): 95-100. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Felis concolor Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Felis concolor Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Alvarez, M.C., Kaufmann, C.A., Massigoge, A., Alcaraz, A.P., Ochoa, A. and Gatica, A., 2022. Taphonomic Signature and Diet of Puma (Puma concolor): Study of Bones Recovered in Scats from Sierra de las Quijadas National Park (San Luis, Central Argentina). Historical Biology, pp.1-15. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Rocha-Mendes, F., Mikich, S.B., Quadros, J. and Pedro, W.A., 2010. Feeding ecology of carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Atlantic forest remnants, southern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10, pp.21-30. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University). 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Puma concolor Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted

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