Puma concolor
Creators: name: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Puma
Puma concolor

description: <i>Puma concolor</i> (Linnaeus, 1771). Mantissa Plantarum, 2:522. TYPE LOCALITY: "Brassilia", restricted by Goldman (in Young and Goldman, 1946:200); to "Cayenne region, French Guiana ". DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, USA, Venezuela. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as <i>F. c. coryi, F. c. costaricensis,</i> and F. c. <i>couguar;</i> otherwise Appendix II. U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. c. <i>coryi, F. c. costaricensis,</i> and F. c. <i>couguar.</i> IUCN - Endangered as F. c. <i>coryi</i> and F. c. <i>cougar.</i> SYNONYMS: <i>acrocodia</i> Goldman, 1943; <i>anthonyi</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1931; <i>araucanus</i> Osgood, 1943; <i>arundivaga</i> Hollister, 1911; <i>aztecus</i> Merriam, 1901; <i>bangsi</i> Merriam, 1901; <i>borbensis</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1933; <i>browni</i> Merriam, 1903; <i>cabrerae</i> Pocock, 1940; <i>californica</i> May, 1896; <i>capricornensis</i> Goldman and Young, 1946; <i>coryi</i> Bangs, 1899; <i>costaricensis</i> Merriam, 1901; <i>cougar</i> Kerr, 1792; <i>floridana</i> Cory, 1896; <i>greeni</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1931; <i>hippolestes</i> Merriam, 1897; <i>hudsoni</i> Cabrera, 1957; <i>improcera</i> Philipps, 1912; <i>incarum</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1929; <i>kaibabensis</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1931; <i>mayensis</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1929; <i>missoulensis</i> Goldman, 1943; <i>nigra</i> Jardine, 1834; <i>olympus</i> Merriam, 1897; <i>oregonensis</i> Rafinesque, 1832; <i>osgoodi</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1943; <i>patagonica</i> Merriam, 1901; <i>pearsoni</i> Thomas, 1901; <i>puma</i> Molina, 1782; <i>punensis</i> Housse, 1950; <i>schorgeri</i> Jackson, 1955; <i>soasoaranna</i> Lesson, 1842; <i>soderstromii</i> Lönnberg, 1913; <i>stanleyana</i> Goldman, 1938; <i>sucuacuara</i> Liais, 1872; <i>vancouverensis</i> Nelson and Goldman, 1932; <i>wavula</i> Lesson, 1842; <i>youngi</i> Goldman, 1936. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Currier, 1983 (Mammalian Species, 200, as <i>Felis concolor).</i> Placed in <i>Puma</i> by Pocock (1917), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvil (1982c).
description: Published as part of <i>W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on pages 296-297, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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