How to say "cougar" in Japanese

• クーガー
  nounA katakana rendering of English 'cougar', denoting the same animal as ピューマ. It is a less common way to name this cat, however; ピューマ is the word Japanese speakers use.
• ピューマ
  nounThe Japanese name for Puma concolor, borrowed from 'puma'; since 'cougar' and 'mountain lion' are other English names for the same species, this is the word to use when you mean the animal.
  彼かれはピューマを慣ならすのに大おおいに骨ほねを折おった。↗

  He took great pains in taming a puma.

Both words denote the same animal, Puma concolor; 'cougar', 'puma' and 'mountain lion' are English names for one species, so choose 「ピューマ」, the name Japanese use for it, and treat 「クーガー」 as a less common variant.

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• クーガーcougar
• ピューマpuma (Puma concolor)