Puma concolor (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 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 . IUCN - Endangered as F. c. coryi and F. c. cougar.

SYNONYMS: acrocodia Goldman, 1943; anthonyi Nelson and Goldman, 1931; araucanus Osgood, 1943; arundivaga Hollister, 1911; aztecus Merriam, 1901; bangsi Merriam, 1901; borbensis Nelson and Goldman, 1933; browni Merriam, 1903; cabrerae Pocock, 1940; californica May, 1896; capricornensis Goldman and Young, 1946; coryi Bangs, 1899; costaricensis Merriam, 1901; cougar Kerr, 1792; floridana Cory, 1896; greeni Nelson and Goldman, 1931; hippolestes Merriam, 1897; hudsoni Cabrera, 1957; improcera Philipps, 1912; incarum Nelson and Goldman, 1929; kaibabensis Nelson and Goldman, 1931; mayensis Nelson and Goldman, 1929; missoulensis Goldman, 1943; nigra Jardine, 1834; olympus Merriam, 1897; oregonensis Rafinesque, 1832; osgoodi Nelson and Goldman, 1943; patagonica Merriam, 1901; pearsoni Thomas, 1901; puma Molina, 1782; punensis Housse, 1950; schorgeri Jackson, 1955; soasoaranna Lesson, 1842; soderstromii Lönnberg, 1913; stanleyana Goldman, 1938; sucuacuara Liais, 1872; vancouverensis Nelson and Goldman, 1932; wavula Lesson, 1842; youngi Goldman, 1936 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Currier, 1983 (Mammalian Species, 200, as Felis concolor). Placed in Puma by Pocock (1917), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvil (1982c).