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Scientific classification of the mountain lion:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Puma
Species: P. concolor
Binomial name: Puma concolor
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∙ 7y agoThe binomial name (scientific name) for the Mountain lion is Puma concolor.
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∙ 13y agoLeo montes to hear the pronunciation go to ://translate.Google.com/#en|la|mountain%20lion
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∙ 15y agoThe cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, or panther, depending on region, is a mammal of the Felidae family.
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∙ 14y agoPuma concolor
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What do you call a mountain lion in Latin?
Felis Concolor is the latin name for a mountain lion.
What is the scientific name or taxonomic classification of the mammal Mountain lion?
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Puma concolor (formerly Felis concolor).
What is the scientific name for an African Lion?
The scientific name for an African Lion is Panthera leo.
What species do mountain lions fit in?
Felis Concolor is the scientific name of the puma or also called panther, painter(archaic), Mountain lion, and cougar.
What is the scientific name for a cougar?
felis concolorPuma concolor
What is the lion's common name?
Lion IS the common name. Panthera leo is the scientific name.
How did the lion get its name?
it is called a mountain lion because it is similar to the lion its color is also same as lion and it lives on mountain it is also the king of mountain like the king of jungle lion so it is called a mountain lion.
What is the classification of a mountain lion?
Scientific classification of the mountain lion:Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: SynapsidaClass: MammaliaOrder: CarnivoraFamily: FelidaeGenus: PumaSpecies: P. concolorBinomial name: Puma concolor
What do biologists use to organize organisms?
Scientists have given all animal species a scientific name like there is a mountain lion cougar then it is like this:Name: Cougar. Scientific name: Felis concolor
Why is the scientific name for a lion a panthera Leo?
The scientific name for a lion is Panthera leo because "Panthera" is the genus to which lions belong, and "leo" is the species name for lions. It follows the binomial nomenclature system developed by Carl Linnaeus for naming living organisms.
Why intruduce a scientific name?
Common names vary greatly from one location to another. One example is the mountain lion, also known as the puma and cougar, as well as several other common names. However, scientific names are the same worldwide. The scientific name of the puma/cougar/mountain lion is Puma concolor. So if you want to talk to other scientists about this animal, you would use the scientific name rather than the common name to avoid confusion.
What is another named for a puma?
This cat has several names. Puma, panther, cougar, mountain lion are all names for Puma concolor.
