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Puma concolor
Mountain Lion
Authorship: (Linnaeus)
Description & Notes
using generic name Puma instead of Felis follows Wilson and Reeder, 2005.
Collection Information
Records
it is known from tracks near IMRS HQ and in Clay Bluffs Draw (J.D.Johnson, UTEP), observed during July 2001 at Cougar Cave by G.W. Johnson and H. Riveroll, Jr. (UTEP), during March 2012 at Echo Spring Spring by A.S. Davis (UTEP), during March 2012 by J. Alva (UTEP) [Photo], during 2021 west of Double Tank Corral by J.D. Johnson (UTEP), 4 October 2020, 6 January 2022, and 31 July 2022 near Box Canyon of Rio Grande by V. Mata-Silva (UTEP) and A. Rocha (UTEP) [Videos].
Recent Observations
Sourced from iNaturalist
No iNaturalist observations recorded for this species at IMRS yet.