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| African Golden Cat AF | | African wildcat nEU,NA,AF,AS | | Amazonian cougar SA | | Amazonian Margay SA | Amur leopard cat
(Tsushima leopard cat) EU ,nEU,AS | | Amur lynx nEU | Andean cat
(Mountain cat) SA | Andean oncilla
(Andean little spotted cat) SA | | Arabian sand cat EU ,AS,nEU,NA | Argentine cougar
(South-eastern puma) | Asian golden cat
(Temminck's golden cat)
(no subspecies-status) EU ,AS | | Asiatic cheetah | | Bay cat | | Black-footed cat AF,NA | | Bobcat EU ,nEU,NA,SA | | Bolivian margay | | Bornean leopard cat | | Brazilian cougar SA | | Brazilian margay SA | | Brazilian ocelot NA | | California cougar | | Canadian lynx EU ,NA,nEU | Caracal
(no subspecies-status) AF,EU ,NA,nEU,AS,SA,AU | | Carpathian lynx EU ,nEU,NA | | Carribean Ocelot | | Caspian steppe-wildcat | | Caucasian jungle cat AS | | Caucasian lynx AS | | Caucasian wildcat | | Central American cougar NA | | Central American jaguarundi SA | | Central American margay EU ,NA | | Central American ocelot NA | | Central American ocelot SA | Central Asian lynx
(Altai lynx) nEU,EU ,AS | Central Asian pallas' cat
(Middle-asian pallas' cat) | Central Chilean colocolo
(Central Chilean pampas cat)
(Grass cat) | Cheetah
(no subspecies-status) AS | Chilean cougar
(Chilean puma) EU | | Chinese golden cat | | Chinese leopard cat AS | Chinese mountain cat
(Chinese desert cat) AS | Common caracal
(Southern caracal) EU ,AS,AF,AU,NA | Cougar
(Puma)
(No subspecific status) nEU,EU ,SA,AS,NA,AF | | Damara caracal NA | | East African cheetah | | East African wild cat nEU | | Eastern cougar | | Eastern serval | | Ecuador Ocelot | | Ecuadorian cougar SA | | Egyptian jungle cat EU | Eurasian lynx
(no subspecies-status) EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AF,SA | | European wildcat EU ,nEU,AS | Fishing cat
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,AU,NA | | Flat-headed cat AS | Florida cougar
(Florida puma)
(Florida panther) NA | Geoffroy's cat
(Mountain cat) EU ,NA,nEU,SA | | Gordon's wild cat AS,EU ,NA | | Himalayan Pallas's cat | Iberian lynx
(Pardel lynx)
(Spanish lynx) EU | Indian desert cat
(Steppe wild cat) | | Indian jungle cat AS | | Indochina jungle cat | Indochinese leopard cat
(Common leopard cat) EU ,nEU,AS | | Irkutsk lynx nEU | Jaguarundi
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,SA,NA | | Javan fishing cat | | Javan leopard cat AS | Jungle cat
(no subspecies-status) EU ,NA,nEU,AS,AF | Kalahari Wild cat
(South Angolan cat) | | Kashmir jungle cat AS | | Kodkod SA | Leopard cat
(No Subspecific status) EU ,AS,NA | | Marbled cat nEU,AS | Margay
(no subspecies status) AF,AS,SA,NA | Margay
(subspecies vigens) | | Missouri cougar EU ,NA | | North African caracal | | North African serval AF | | Northeastern oncilla | Northern colocolo
(Garlepp`s pampas cat)
(Northern pampas cat) SA | | Northern lynx EU ,nEU | | Northwest African cheetah | | Nubian caracal | Ocelot
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,SA,NA,AS,AF | Oncilla
(Little spotted cat)
(Little tiger cat)
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,NA,SA | | Oregon cougar NA | | Pakistan sand cat | | Palastine wild cat AS,NA | | Palawan leopard cat EU | | Palestine jungle cat AS | Pallas' cat
(No Subspecific status) AS | Pampas cat
(Colocolo)
(No Subspecific status) SA | Pearson's puma
(Patagonian puma) | | Philippines leopard cat AS | | Russian jungle cat | | Saharan sand cat NA,AS | Sand cat
(No Subspecific status) NA | Schmitz's caracal
(Arabian caracal) AS | | Scottish wildcat nEU,EU | Serval
(no subspecies-status) EU ,nEU,NA,AS,AU,SA | | Siberian lynx EU ,nEU,NA | Siberian pallas' cat
(Mongolian pallas' cat) EU ,nEU,NA,AS | | South African cheetah EU ,nEU,AU,AS,AF,NA,SA | | South-east Asian golden cat AS,nEU,EU | | Southern Africa wild cat AF | Southern colocolo
(Southern pampas cat) SA | | Southern jaguarundi | Southern oncilla
(Southern tiger cat)
(Southern Brazilian little spotted cat) EU ,SA | Southern serval
(Cape serval) EU ,AS,AF | | Sri Lankan jungle cat | | Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat EU ,nEU,AS,NA | | Sudan cheetah EU ,nEU,AS,AF | | Sumatran leopard cat | | Tibetan golden cat EU | Turcmenian caracal
(Russian caracal) | | Turkestan sand cat | Uganda serval
(North Angolan serval) AF | | Uganda wildcat | | Venezuelan ocelot SA | | West African serval AF | | West African wild cat | Wild cat
(No Subspecific status) | | Yucatan margay nEU,EU ,SA,NA | |
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Cougar
(Puma)
(No subspecific status)
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Puma concolor
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| | Number of Subspecies: | 30 | | Subspecies: | 01. Puma concolor concolor - E Venezuela through the Guianas to lower Amazonian Brazil
02. P.c. acrocodia - C Brazil (Matto Grosso), SE Bolivia, and the Chaco of Paraguay and Argentina
03. P.c. anthonyi - S Venezuela and adjacent Brazil
04. P.c. auraucanus - S Chile and S Argentina
05. P.c. azteca - SW USA (Arizona and New Mexico), NW Mexico
06. P.c. bangsi - Andean Colombia
07. P.c. borbensis - Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
08. P.c. browni - NW Mexico (Baja California)
09. P.c. cabrerae - NW Argentina
10. P.c. californica - SW USA (California)
11. P.c. capricornensis - SE Brazil and NE Argentina
12. P.c. coryi - SE USA (Florida)
13. P.c. costaricensis - Nicaragua through Panama
14. P.c. cougar - NE USA
15. P.c. greeni - E Brazil
16. P.c. hippolestes - C USA
17. P.c. improcera - NW Mexico (S Baja California)
18. P.c. incarum - Andean Peru
19. P.c. kaibabensis - W USA (Nevada & Utah)
20. P.c. mayensis - S Mexico through El Salvador
21. P.c. missoulensis - NW Canada through NW USA (Idaho & Montana)
22. P.c. oregonensis - NW USA (Oregon and Washington)
23. P.c. osgoodi - C Bolivia
24. P.c. patagonica - S Argentina E side of Lago Pueyrredón)
25. P.c. pearsoni - Patagonian Argentina and Chile
26. P.c. puma - C Chile and adjacent Argentina
27. P.c. schorgeri - Midwestern USA
28. P.c. soderstromi - Andean Ecuador
29. P.c. stanleyana - S USA (Texas) and adjacent Mexico
30. P.c. vancouverensis - SW Canada (Vancouver Island)
On the basis of genetic examinations (Culver et al., 2000), a few experts distinguish only between the following 6 subspecies:
01. P. c. cougar (North America)
02. P. c. costaricensis (Central America)
03. P. c. capricornensis (E South America)
04. P. c. concolor (N South America)
05. P. c. cabrerae (C South America)
06. P. c. puma (S South America)
Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009 | | Range: | America | | Habitat: | Several diverse habitats are inhabited | | Head-Torso-Length: | 86 - 155 cm | | Tail length: | 60 - 97 cm | | Weight: | 34 - 120 kg | | Food: | Ungulates, rodents, hares, birds | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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