What S The Difference Between A Cougar And A Mountain Lion

That means the subspecies puma concolor cougar is more popular as the mountain lion but all other subspecies inhabited in south america are more commonly referred as puma.

In the 19th century a french naturalist conjoined two indigenous names for the jaguar which widely overlaps geographically with the puma to label the mountain lion cuguar later modified to cougar puma meanwhile means powerful animal in peruvian quechua. The short answer is no because they are from the same species but there do tend to be some slight contrasts in overall size due to geographical concerns diet and climate. The difference between cougar and mountain lion is their names in different regions.