Puma, cougar, mountain lion the same,…panther is another variant.
Are you thinking Jaguar? (which belongs to the same biological genus?..lol..actually that is the genus name…Puma)
jaguars have the spotted coats,..pumas are tan for the most part.
Jaguars are found in the jungle. The puma along Western North America from the coast into the Rockies, use to be found in the south, still are I think in the Southeastern swamp of the US. They are found here,..where I live. So to ask that question I would point to the surrounding mountains,..answer
“There,..they will find you”