Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 296-297

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).