Puma concolor (Linnaeus 1771)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 544

Puma concolor (Linnaeus 1771)

[Felis] concolor Linnaeus 1771 , Mantissa Plantarum, Vol. 2: 266.

Type Locality: "Brassilia", restricted by Goldman (In Young and Goldman, 1946:200) to "Cayenne region, French Guiana " .

Vernacular Names: Cougar.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Puma concolor subsp. concolor Linnaeus 1771

Subspecies Puma concolor subsp. anthonyi Nelson and Goldman 1931

Subspecies Puma concolor subsp. cabrerae Pocock 1940

Subspecies Puma concolor subsp. costaricensis Merriam 1901

Subspecies Puma concolor subsp. couguar Kerr 1792

Subspecies Puma concolor subsp. puma Molina 1782

Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as F. c. coryi, F. c. costaricensis , and F. c. couguar ; otherwise Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered as F. c. coryi, F. c. costaricensis , and F. c. couguar ; U.S. ESA – Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxa (Florida); IUCN – Critically Endangered as P. c. couguar and P. c. coryi, otherwise Near Threatened.

Discussion: Reviewed by Currier (1983) as Felis concolor . Placed in Puma by Pocock (1917 a), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvíl (1982 c). Synonyms allocated according to Culver et al. (2000).