The cougar has numerous names in English, of which puma and mountain lion are popular.
Cougar (Puma concolor) is a very large, New World wild cat (family Felidae), characterized by a slender body, long hind legs, retractable claws, and typically an unpatterned tawny, grayish, or reddish coat.
The Moche people represented the puma often in their ceramics (Berrin and Larco Museum 1997).