Puma or PUMA may refer to:

Animals

* ''Puma'' (genus), a genus in the family Felidae ** Puma (species) or cougar, a large cat

Businesses and organisations

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

, a multinational shoe and sportswear company *

Puma Energy Puma Energy is a Switzerland, Swiss multinational corporation, multinational mid- and downstream oil company, majority-owned by Singapore-incorporated singaporean company Trafigura. Its operations span around 40 countries across five contin ...

, 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, 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. Name The language receives its name from Teanu island, Teanu, the island located northeast of the Vanik ...

or Puma, a language of the Solomon Islands

People

* Carlos Landín Martínez, 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 working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestling and man ...

(born 1990), Puma, Mexican wrestler * Puma Swede (born 1976), Swedish pornographic actress *

Ricochet (wrestler) Trevor Mann (born October 11, 1988), known by his ring name Ricochet, is an American professional wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2018 to 2024 where he is a former WWE Interconti ...

(born 1988), Puma, American wrestler * T. J. Perkins (born 1984), Puma, American wrestler * Puma Jones member of Black Uhuru

Places

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

Sports

Pumas (Currie Cup) The Pumas () are a South African professional rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup. The team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province (formerly known as the South Eastern Transvaal) and plays at the Mbom ...

, 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 Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., simply known as Pumas UNAM, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded ...

, 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 Mac OS X 10.1 (code named Puma) is the second major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It superseded Mac OS X 10.0 and preceded Mac OS X Jaguar. Mac OS X 10.1 was released on September 25, 2001, as a free update for ...

or Mac OS X 10.1, an operating system *

Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly The PUMA (''Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly'', or ''Programmable Universal Manipulation Arm'') is an industrial robot, industrial robotic arm developed by Victor Scheinman at pioneering robot company Unimation. Initially developed by ...

, an industrial robot arm *

Protected User Mode Audio The Protected Media Path is a set of technologies creating a "Protected Environment," first included in Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, that is used to enforce digital rights management (DRM) protections on content. Its subsets are ''P ...

(PUMA), a subset of Protected Media Path, a DRM technology *

p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis The p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) also known as Bcl-2-binding component 3 (BBC3), is a pro- apoptotic protein, member of the Bcl-2 protein family. In humans, the Bcl-2-binding component 3 protein is encoded by the ''BBC3'' gene. ...

(PUMA), a pro-apoptotic protein *

Paediatric-use marketing authorisation Paediatric-use marketing authorisations (PUMA) are granted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for medical products that are intended exclusively for paediatric use, that is, for use in patients younger than 18 years. Like ordinary EMA marketing ...

(PUMA), by the European Medicines Agency *

PUMA experiment The PUMA (antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation) AD-9 experiment, at the Antiproton decelerator (AD) facility at CERN, Geneva, aims to look into the quantum interactions and annihilation processes between the antiprotons and the exotic slow-m ...

, an experiment at the antiproton decelerator, CERN

Transportation

Aircraft

Aero-Service Puma The Aero-Service Puma is a Polish ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Aero-Service Jacek Skopiński of Warsaw. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation ...

, a Polish ultralight aircraft *

Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation. The Puma was developed as a new design during the mid-1960s in r ...

, a helicopter *

BDC Aero Puma The BDC Aero Puma is a Canadian ultralight and light-sport aircraft, originally designed by the Italian aircraft designer Antonio Bortolanza and built by Aeroplast of Sale, Piedmont, Italy. It is currently produced by BDC Aero Industrie of L ...

, a Canadian ultralight aircraft *

AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma The AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma is an American unmanned aircraft system which is small, battery powered, and hand-launched. Its primary mission is surveillance and intelligence gathering using an electro-optical sensor, electro-optical and infrared ...

, 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) The Ford Puma is a nameplate used by Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational corporation, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was ...

, 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) The Schützenpanzer Puma (SPz Puma), meaning “ Schützen- AFV Puma”, is a German infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), per the ''Panzergrenadier''-doctrine, designed to replace the aging Marder IFVs currently in service with the German Army. ...

, a German infantry fighting vehicle * Puma armored engineering vehicle, an Israeli combat engineering vehicle *

PUMA M26-15 The Puma M26-15 4x4 is an armored personnel carrier (APC) with mine and improvised explosive device (IED) protection. The main users are military, police and security companies during peacekeeping operations. The Puma M26 was designed by OTT Te ...

, a South African armoured personnel carrier

Other uses

* Puma (band), a Norwegian experimental jazz ensemble * Puma (comics), a comic book character Thomas Fireheart *

Public Use Microdata Area A Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) is a geographic unit used by the US Census for providing statistical and demographic information. Each PUMA contains at least 100,000 people. PUMAs do not overlap, and are contained within a single state. PUMAs we ...

(PUMA), geographic units used by the U.S. Census * "Puma", a song by TXT from their 2020 EP '' The Dream Chapter: Eternity''