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Onza
The Onza is claimed to be a feline species similar to a cougar. It is a cryptid – a creature whose existence has been alleged but not proven. The term has also been used to refer to the jaguarundi (''Puma yaguaroundi'').
==Name==
The Spanish name ''onza'' derives from the Latin ''lynx'', ''lyncis'', and is equivalent to the English word "ounce", originally applied to the lynx but now more commonly to the snow leopard (''Uncia uncia'').〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press. 1933: Ounce〕 There are old texts written by Spanish conquistadors about the onza, but they might refer to the jaguarundi, which is known as ''onza'' in many Mexican states. ''Onça'' is the Brazilian Portuguese word for jaguar, ''Panthera onca'', where a spotted jaguar is known as ''onça-pintada'' and a melanistic one as ''onça-preta''. These are real animals, occurring as far north as Mexico and possibly into the southwest of the United States. Also, a cat some call the "puma" ''Puma concolor'' is known most often as ''onça-parda'' in some areas of Brazil (in others, it is known by the name that predates American cougar, ''suçuarana'').
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