Officials caught the big cat and took it to the zoo to check its health, before releasing it back into its natural habitat.
Two other cougars have been caught since the city fell quiet amid the movement restrictions imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Santiago has six million inhabitants.
"They sense less noise and are also looking for new places to find food and some get lost and appear in the cities," Horacio Bórquez, Chile's national director of livestock and agriculture service, said of the animals.
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