Puma or PUMA may refer to:

Animals

* ''Puma'' (genus), a genus in the family Felidae **

Puma (species) The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...

or cougar, a large cat

Businesses and organisations

Puma (brand) Puma SE, branded as Puma, is a German multinational corporation that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel and accessories, which is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. Puma is the third largest sportswe ...

, a multinational shoe and sportswear company *

Puma Energy Puma Energy is a Swiss multinational mid- and downstream oil company, majority-owned by Singapore-based Swiss company Trafigura. Its operations span around 40 countries across five continents and encompass the supply, storage, refining, di ...

, a mid- and downstream oil company * People United Means Action, originally named "Party Unity My Ass", a political action committee during the 2008 U.S. presidential election

Languages

Puma language Puma (Puma: पुमा ''Pumā'') is a Kiranti language spoken by about 4,310 people (Central Bureau of Statistics report 2001) in Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. The actual population may be somewhat higher. The same term ‘Puma’ refers both to th ...

, a language of Nepal *

Teanu language Teanu (or ''Puma'', ''Buma'') is the main language spoken on the island of Vanikoro, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. About the language Name The language receives its name from Teanu, the island located northeast of the Va ...

or Puma, a language of the Solomon Islands

People

Carlos Landín Martínez Carlos Landín Martínez (born – 9 December 2021), also known as El Puma, was a Mexican former police chief and convicted drug lord. He was a high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico, and worked a ...

, El Puma, Mexican drug lord * José Luis Rodríguez (born 1943), El Puma, Venezuelan singer and actor *

Puma King Puma King (born July 6, 1990) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestli ...

(born 1990), Puma, Mexican wrestler *

Puma Swede Johanna Jussinniemi (born 13 September 1976), better known by her stage name Puma Swede, is a Swedish pornographic actress and feature dancer. The first part of her stage name comes from the sports car, the Ford Puma. Since 2005, she has appea ...

(born 1976), Swedish pornographic actress * Ricochet (wrestler) (born 1988), Puma, American wrestler *

T. J. Perkins Theodore James Perkins (born September 3, 1984) is an American professional wrestler of Filipino descent, better known by the ring name T. J. Perkins (or simply TJP) currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling where he is a member of the Unite ...

(born 1984), Puma, American wrestler *

Puma Jones Sandra "Puma" Jones (October 5, 1953—January 28, 1990) was an American singer, best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning reggae group Black Uhuru. Career Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Jones graduated from Columbia University ...

member of Black Uhuru

Places

* Puma (village), Solomon Islands * Puma (Tanzanian ward)

Sports

* Pumas (Currie Cup), a South African rugby union team representing Mpumalanga province * Los Pumas, the Argentina national rugby union team * Pumas de la UNAM or Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexican league football club

Science and technology

* Puma (microarchitecture), a computer microarchitecture by AMD * Puma (web server), an HTTP web server * Puma (Hewlett-Packard), a codename for the HP 1000CX palmtop PC * Mac OS X Puma or Mac OS X 10.1, an operating system * Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, an industrial robot arm * Protected User Mode Audio (PUMA), a subset of Protected Media Path, a DRM technology * p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA), a pro-apoptotic protein * Paediatric-use marketing authorisation (PUMA), by the European Medicines Agency

Transportation

Aircraft

* Aero-Service Puma, a Polish ultralight aircraft * Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, a helicopter * BDC Aero Puma, a Canadian ultralight aircraft * AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma, an American unmanned surveillance aircraft

Automobiles

* Puma (car manufacturer), a Brazilian, then South African, brand of sports cars * Puma (kit car company), an Italian brand of dune buggy and sports kit-car * Ford Puma (crossover), an American-German subcompact SUV * Ford Puma (sport compact), an American-German compact sports coupe * Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (PUMA), an experimental vehicle by Segway and General Motors

Combat vehicles

* Puma (AFV), an Italian family of armoured fighting vehicles * Puma (IFV), a German infantry fighting vehicle * Puma armored engineering vehicle, an Israeli combat engineering vehicle * PUMA M26-15, a South African armoured personnel carrier

Other uses

* Puma (band), a Norwegian experimental jazz ensamble * Puma (comics), a comic book character Thomas Fireheart * Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA), geographic units used by the U.S. Census