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Puma concolor couguar (Kerr, 1792)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SUBSPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Felidae
genus
Puma
species
Puma concolor

Name

Synonyms
Felis aztecus browni Merriam, 1903
Felis californica May, 1896
Felis concolor azteca Merriam, 1901
Felis concolor browni Merriam, 1903
Felis concolor californica May, 1896
Felis concolor coryi Bangs, 1899
Felis concolor cougar Kerr, 1792
Felis concolor couguar Kerr, 1792
Felis concolor hippolestes Merriam, 1897
Felis concolor improcera Phillips, 1912
Felis concolor kaibabensis Nelson & Goldman, 1931
Felis concolor mayensis Nelson & Goldman, 1929
Felis concolor missoulensis Goldman, 1943
Felis concolor olympus Merriam, 1897
Felis concolor oregonensis Rafinesque, 1832
Felis concolor schorgeri Jackson, 1955
Felis concolor stanleyana Goldman, 1938
Felis concolor vancouverensis Nelson & Goldman, 1932
Felis couguar Kerr, 1792
Felis hippolestes Merriam, 1897
Homonyms
Puma concolor couguar (Kerr, 1792)
Common names
California Mountain Lion in English
Canadian Cougar in English
Canadian Mountain Lion in English
Central American Mountain Lion in English
Coguaro in Italian
Connecticut Mountain Lion in English
Costa Rican Mountain Lion in English
Cougar d'Amérique du Nord in French
Eastern Cougar in English
Eastern Mountain Lion in English
Eastern Puma in English
Eastern cougar in English
Eastern puma in English
Everglades Mountain Lion in English
Florida Panther in English
Florida Poema in Afrikaans
Mexican Cougar in English
Mexican Devil in English
Mexican Mountain Lion in English
Nittany Lion in English
Noord-Amerikaanse Poema in Afrikaans
Nordamerikanischer Puma in German
North American Cougar in English
North American Mountain Lion in English
North American Puma in English
Pantera de Florida in Spanish
Panthère de Floride in French
Puma Centroamericano in Spanish
Puma d’Amérique du Nord in French
Puma mexicano in Spanish
Puma settentrionale in Italian
Puma-da-Costa-Rica in Portuguese
Puma-da-Flórida in Portuguese
Puma-oriental in Portuguese
Wisconsin Cougar in English
cougar de l'Est in French
eastern cougar in English
eastern cougar in English
eastern cougar in English
eastern puma in English
eastern puma in English
eastern puma in English
puma norteamericano in Spanish
puma středoamerická in Czech
puma východní in Czech
puma wschodnia in Polish
Пума північноамериканська in Ukrainian
北美山獅 in Chinese
North American Mountain Lion in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Currier, Mary Jean P., 1983: Felis concolor. Mammalian Species, no. 200. 1-7.
  2. Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, vols. I and II, 2nd ed.. 1181.
  3. Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
  4. Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Felidae (Cats). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 54-169.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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