A puma in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
© Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images
A puma in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
What we call the species Puma concolor depends on where we live. Here in Torres del Paine National Park, it’s a puma. In North America, we tend to call these cats cougars or mountain lions. This Chilean national park provides a great habitat for pumas, who hunt guanacos and the other deer-like ruminants that munch on the grassy plains of the park. Scientists frequent Torres del Paine in order to study the pumas, as the large population presents a good opportunity for easy observation. They’re so familiar with some of the pumas here, they’ve given them names. This one’s called Mocho.
Related Images
Circular agricultural fields in Morgan County, Colorado
Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) lying on a bed of sea grass in Carnac Island, Western Australia
Water wheel in the Tashkurgan Grassland, Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China
Sunset at Counts Point in West MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
Leopard snoozing in a tree in Namibia
Wildflowers in bloom at Lost Dutchman State Park in Arizona
Almond orchards in bloom, Sacramento Valley, California
Lake Dobson in Mount Field National Park of Tasmania
Bing Today Images
Rice fields at Sapa, Lào Cai, Vietnam
Jul 09, 2026
Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
Jul 09, 2023
Dolomite Mountains, Italy
Jul 09, 2022
Island of Ortygia, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Jul 09, 2021
Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands, Brazil
Jul 09, 2019
