Latitudinal range: -48.4° to 39.0°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), mangrove (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Found in 35 samples

Argentina: Iguazú National Park (on roads), Cueva Túnel (Holocene)

Belize: Extinction Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, Floresta Nacional Amapá (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapá (wet season), Parque Estadual do Turvo (trail), Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Formosa Military Training Area, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I

Costa Rica: Pacuare Nature Reserve

Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Estación Científica Las Joyas, Tolistoque (rainy season), Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1), Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, Ajos, Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (lluvias)

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

United States: Laubach Cave (Late Pleistocene), Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer B) (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Quitaque Creek (Late Pleistocene)

Venezuela: El Breal de Orocual (ORS20) (Late Pleistocene)

See also Panthera, Panthera atrox, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Panthera leo, Panthera pardus, Panthera sp., Panthera spelaea, Panthera tigris, Panthera uncia