Mountain Cocoa vs puma

Theobroma gileri compared with Puma concolor

Key Differences

• Mountain Cocoa is Vulnerable while puma is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Cocoa	puma
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Malvaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Theobroma	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Theobroma gileri	Puma concolor

Conservation Status

Mountain Cocoa

VU — Vulnerable

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Cocoa	puma
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Cocoa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia