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puma

[pyoo-muh, poo-] / ˈpyu mə, ˈpu- /


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When the research team applied population models to the data, the results showed that puma predation alone was unlikely to drive the Monte Leon penguin colony to extinction.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Small puma populations have been isolated by the freeway, and their offspring were showing signs of birth defects.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

The female puma - later nicknamed Felicity - was caught by a farmer frustrated by a series of savage attacks on livestock.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

The least nocturnal puma tracked was P-13, a female with a home range in the central and western Santa Monicas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

I saw enormous puma and condor statues carved from solid rock.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis