Editing Cougar (section)

==Naming and etymology==
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The cougar holds the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness]] record for the animal with the greatest number of names, with over 40 in English alone.<ref>{{cite book |author=Folkard, C. |title=The Guinness Book of World Records |publisher=Bt Bound |year=2004 |page=49}}</ref> The word ''cougar'' is borrowed from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''çuçuarana'', via French; it was originally derived from the [[Tupi language]]. A current form in Brazil is ''suçuarana''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jaguar |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |date=2001 |publisher=[[Douglas Harper]] |access-date=August 12, 2006 |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628080622/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jaguar |url-status=live}}<br /> & corresponding entry for [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=c&p=27 "Cougar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202104804/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=c&p=27 |date=December 2, 2015 }}</ref> In the 17th century, [[Georg Marcgrave]] named it ''cuguacu ara''. Marcgrave's rendering was reproduced in 1648 by his associate [[Willem Piso]]. ''Cuguacu ara'' was then adopted by [[John Ray]] in 1693.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 14, 2006 |title=Words to the Wise |magazine=Take Our Word for It |issue=205 |page=2 |url=http://www.takeourword.com/TOW205/page2.html |access-date=July 31, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812212012/http://www.takeourword.com/TOW205/page2.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref> In 1774, [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]] converted ''cuguacu ara'' to ''cuguar'', which was later modified to "cougar" in English.<ref>{{OEtymD|jaguar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=1989 |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cougar |title=cougar |work=Oxford Dictionaries Online, Oxford University Press| url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601145645/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cougar| archive-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref>

The name ''puma'' is the [[common name]] used in Latin America and most parts of Europe and is occasionally used in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rau, J. R. |author2=Jiménez, J. E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |title=Diet of puma (''Puma concolor'', Carnivora: Felidae) in coastal and Andean ranges of southern Chile |journal=Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=201–205 |doi=10.1076/snfe.37.3.201.8567 |bibcode=2002SNFE...37..201R |s2cid=84264487 |issn = 0165-0521}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Scognamillo, D. |author2=Maxit, I. E. |author3=Sunquist, M. |author4=Polisar, J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2003 |title=Coexistence of jaguar (''Panthera onca'') and puma (''Puma concolor'') in a mosaic landscape in the Venezuelan llanos |journal=Journal of Zoology |volume=259 |issue=3 |pages=269–279 |doi=10.1017/S0952836902003230}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Holmes, B. R. |author2=Laundré, J. W.  |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |title=Use of open, edge and forest areas by pumas Puma concolor in winter: are pumas foraging optimally? |journal=Wildlife Biology |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=201–210 |doi=10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[201:UOOEAF]2.0.CO;2 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Dickson, B. G. |author2=Roemer, G. W. |author3=McRae, B. H. |author4=Rundall, J. M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |title=Models of regional habitat quality and connectivity for Pumas (''Puma concolor'') in the southwestern United States |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=8 |issue=12 |page=e81898 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0081898 |pmid=24367495 |pmc=3867332 |bibcode=2013PLoSO...881898D |doi-access=free}}</ref> The first use of ''puma'' in English dates to 1777, introduced from Spanish from the [[Quechua language]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Puma |work=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |access-date=April 16, 2022 |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/puma |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516211512/https://www.etymonline.com/word/puma |url-status=live}}</ref> 

In the western United States and Canada, the name ''mountain lion'' is commonly used, first seen in writing in 1858.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=George A. Jackson's Diary of 1858–1859 |author=Jackson, G. A. |journal=Colorado Magazine |year=1935 |volume=6 |pages=201–214}}</ref>
The name ''catamount,'' a shortening of name "cat of the mountain", has also been in English use for the cougar and other wild cats since at least 1664.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of CATAMOUNT |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catamount |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=Merriam-Webster}}</ref>
"Panther" is often used synonymously with ''cougar'', ''puma'' or ''mountain lion''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountain Lion {{!}} National Wildlife Federation |url=https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Mountain-Lion |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250209210000/https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Mountain-Lion |archive-date=2025-02-09 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=National Wildlife Federation}}</ref>
The name ''painter'' is also sometimes used instead of ''panther'', mostly in the southern United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=Definition of PAINTER |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painter |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Merriam-Webster}}</ref>