A cougar is a large cat species.

Cougar, The Cougar, Cougars or The Cougars may also refer to:

Bands

  • Cougar (band), an instrumental band from Madison, Wisconsin
  • Cougars (band), an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois
  • The Cougars, a rock band from Bristol, UK

Characters

  • Cougar (comics), a superhero
  • Jean-Luc Cougar, the player character from the video game WinBack
  • Straight Cougar, a Japanese cartoon character

Computing

  • Windows Small Business Server 2008, server software codenamed "Cougar"
  • HP 100LX, a palmtop PC codenamed "Project Cougar"

People

  • Cougar Annie (1888–1983), pioneer of British Columbia
  • John Mellencamp (born 1951), American rock musician with the former stage names "Johnny Cougar", "John Cougar" and "John Cougar-Mellencamp"

Places

  • Cougar, Washington, an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County
  • Cougar Dam, a hydroelectric dam in Oregon
  • Cougar Reservoir, a reservoir in Oregon

Sports teams

  • BYU Cougars, Brigham Young University
  • Charleston Cougars, College of Charleston
  • Chicago State Cougars, Chicago State University
  • Houston Cougars, University of Houston
  • Kane County Cougars, minor league baseball team from Geneva, Illinois
  • Keighley Cougars, rugby team from Keighley, West Yorkshire
  • Lübeck Cougars, American football team from Lübeck, Germany
  • Prince George Cougars, junior ice hockey team from Prince George, British Columbia
  • Raleigh Cougars, USBL basketball team
  • SIU Edwardsville Cougars, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Velez Cougars, Velez College in Cebu City, Philippines
  • Washington State Cougars, Washington State University

Television

  • "Cougars" (30 Rock), a 2007 television episode
  • The Cougar (TV series), an American reality show
  • Cougar Club, a 2007 American film
  • Cougar Town, an American sitcom

Transport

Airplanes

  • Grumman F-9 Cougar, an American naval jet fighter
  • Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar, a twin-engined light aircraft

Automobiles

  • Ford Cougar, a European automobile release
  • Mercury Cougar, an automobile

Fighting vehicles

  • Cougar (vehicle), an armored military vehicle used by U.S. and British forces
  • AVGP Cougar, a Canadian armored fighting vehicle

Helicopters

  • Cougar Helicopters, a helicopter company
  • Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, a helicopter

Mass transportation

  • ACE Cougar, a bus

Ships

  • CFAV Cougar, auxiliary ships of the Royal Canadian Navy
  • HMCS Cougar (Z15), a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1940 to 1945
  • (previously Empire Cougar and other names), a cargo ship in service 1919–51

Other vehicles

  • Claas Cougar, a large self-propelled mower

Other uses

  • Cougar (slang), an older woman who dates much younger men and/or women
  • Cougar Energy, Australian energy company
  • Beretta Cougar, series of Beretta pistols
  • The Daily Cougar (formerly The Cougar), a student newspaper at the University of Houston
  • Cougar (horse)

See also

  • Cougaar, a distributed multi-agent computer architecture