Puma concolor

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Puma

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Puma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 587 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945630

Original name as described

Felis concolor

Other common names

Cougar · Mountain Lion · Catamount · Panther · Florida Panther

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Cayenne region, French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay? · Chile · Argentina

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,ID,MT,ND,SD,WY,NE,CA,NV,UT,CO,AZ,NM,TX,FL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006017

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis concolor anthonyi

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1931)

Family

Felidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-76935

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-76935

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39914568

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Felis concolor borbensis

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1933)

Family

Felidae

Root name

borbensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-92298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-92298

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39917630

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Puma concolor cabrerae

Pocock, 1940

Family

Felidae

Root name

cabrerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1874.8.4.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e3888059-5441-48c6-bddf-11009754381f

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis concolor Pearsoni

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pearsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980236

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor floridanus

(Cory, 1896)

Family

Felidae

Root name

floridana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1255

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=d2bc411f-b152-4689-9abb-0cb4e8de7f20

Authority page

109-110

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor osgoodi

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929)

Family

Felidae

Root name

osgoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:25256

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=ef330e35-c309-4110-8eba-e87d8ae411b5

Authority page

348

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor araucanus

(Osgood, 1943)

Family

Felidae

Root name

araucana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:50048

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=49e48b6f-cfdf-4ca2-b07d-92b9804a6c84

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778087

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis bituminosa

(J. C. Merriam & Stock, 1932)

Family

Felidae

Root name

bituminosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM X8628

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62701230

Authority publication

Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication

Felis concolor hudsoni

(Cabrera, 1957)

Family

Felidae

Root name

hudsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 13160

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

70

Authority publication

Neotrópica

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis bangsi costaricensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10118

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10118

Authority page

596

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873528

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Bangs (1902:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Felis improcera

(J. C. Phillips, 1912)

Family

Felidae

Root name

improcera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:12704

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:12704

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337552

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis coryi

(Bangs, 1899)

Family

Felidae

Root name

coryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7742

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7742

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308128

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis bangsi

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

bangsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8413

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8413

Authority page

595

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873527

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis hawveri

(Stock, 1918)

Family

Felidae

Root name

hawveri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:10636

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V10636&one=T

Authority page

482

Authority publication

University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology

Felis daggetti

(J. C. Merriam, 1918)

Family

Felidae

Root name

daggetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCMP:V:21572

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://ucmpdb.berkeley.edu/cgi/ucmp_query2?spec_id=V21572&one=T

Authority page

535

Authority publication

University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology

Felis concolor

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Family

Felidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945630

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Godman (1826:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  7. Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  8. Tschudi (1845:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  9. Fitzinger (1855:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  10. Hensel (1872:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37365)
  11. True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  12. Goeldi & Hagmann (1904:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41783245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37832)
  13. Ward (1910:506, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  14. Ihering (1911:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  15. Bailey (1936:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  16. Goodwin (1946:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  17. Orr (1949:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  18. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  19. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:278, 279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Felis discolor

(von Schreber, 1777)

Family

Felidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

pl. 104B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064626

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  4. Lesson (1827:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Felis Puma

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Felidae

Root name

puma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lahille (1899:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis couguar

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Felidae

Root name

couguar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664175

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Felis concolor capricornensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1946)

Family

Felidae

Root name

capricornensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:100118

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33340ab62-5b2c-4b34-a234-717566b3cbce

Authority page

246

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis puma patagonica

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

patagonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:108693

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e6935363-e0d3-4734-937c-3a9790691790

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873530

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis aztecus browni

(C. H. Merriam, 1903)

Family

Felidae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125719

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e743412c-af2e-4ddd-876f-3eb829d92193

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345273

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis arundivaga

(Hollister, 1911)

Family

Felidae

Root name

arundivaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:137122

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3449df149-7253-449a-bb39-2b2c8757bd6e

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779509

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor kaibabensis

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1931)

Family

Felidae

Root name

kaibabensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:171186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c4fa1a72-2829-4cf3-8cbb-6c6798d84182

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39914567

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor incarum

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929)

Family

Felidae

Root name

incarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:194310

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/335fe8b7b-1c46-4df1-818c-da55c2e7eee7

Authority page

347

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor vancouverensis

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1932)

Family

Felidae

Root name

vancouverensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:211519

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3852c19a0-9028-4a71-8851-9ae0ef46ba31

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459357

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor mayensis

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1929)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:244856

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/302cf4e11-e89c-4d8c-be0d-1fcab5a739eb

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor greeni

(E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1931)

Family

Felidae

Root name

greeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:249896

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39a47ffa8-5b81-4e85-980e-1621471b9c65

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39914569

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor youngi

(E. A. Goldman, 1936)

Family

Felidae

Root name

youngi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:251419

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fc8fc83d-1b67-404e-9fc5-b56725096951

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34552429

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor stanleyana

(E. A. Goldman, 1938)

Family

Felidae

Root name

stanleyana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:251419

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fc8fc83d-1b67-404e-9fc5-b56725096951

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510054

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor missoulensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1943)

Family

Felidae

Root name

missoulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:262116

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3127b7c14-f5c7-4717-883f-d4e236df7510

Authority page

229

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor acrocodia

(E. A. Goldman, 1943)

Family

Felidae

Root name

acrocodia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:273256

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/339ec2704-9d3b-4ee6-a0b1-ddb05dfff745

Authority page

230

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis hippolestes

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Family

Felidae

Root name

hippolestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:57936

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a3273b96-ec3f-43e7-a1bc-e0e0768ee8df

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3942349

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis hippolestes olympus

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Family

Felidae

Root name

olympus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77973

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ffd0134-08b0-4cc7-87a4-d41e5cdac8c0

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3942350

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis hippolestes aztecus

(C. H. Merriam, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

azteca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:99658

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34df67bb4-6c1b-43bd-bae9-9025841a07a9

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873524

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor schorgeri

(H. H. T. Jackson, 1955)

Family

Felidae

Root name

schorgeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UWZC 13464

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34549633

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor söderströmii

(Lönnberg, 1913)

Family

Felidae

Root name

soderstromii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426208

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Puma atratus

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Felidae

Root name

atrata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Puma concolor

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Felidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18868/97216466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Puma discolor

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Felidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Felis concolor Var. C. Niger

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Felis dicolor

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Felidae

Root name

dicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

345

Authority publication

Montevideo

Felis concolor hippolestes

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Felidae

Root name

hippolestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806185

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Felis concolor oregonensis

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Felidae

Root name

oregonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806182

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Felis concolor costaricensis

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Felidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

442

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Puma concolor anthonyi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Puma concolor concolor

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor costaricensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor couguar

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

couguar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Puma concolor puma

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

puma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor acrocodia

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

acrocodia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor araucanus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

araucanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor azteca

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

azteca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor bangsi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

bangsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor borbensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

borbensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor browni

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor californica

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

californica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor capricornensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

capricornensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor cougar

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

cougar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor greeni

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

greeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor hippolestes

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

hippolestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor improcera

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

improcera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor incarum

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

incarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor kaibabensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

kaibabensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor mayensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

mayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor missoulensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

missoulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor oregonensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

oregonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor osgoodi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

osgoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor patagonica

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

patagonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor pearsoni

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

pearsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor schorgeri

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

schorgeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor soderstromi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

soderstromi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor stanleyana

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

stanleyana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma concolor vancouverensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

vancouverensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis pensylvanica

(Link, 1795)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pensylvanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272966

Authority publication

Rostock

Felix oregonensis

(Rafinesque, 1832)

Family

Felidae

Root name

oregonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Atlantic Journal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis nigra

(Jardine, 1834)

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18062937

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor Var. B. Soasoaranna

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

soasoaranna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor Var. A. Wavula

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

wavula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor

(Gay, 1847)

Family

Felidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256513

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis sucuacuara

(Liais, 1872)

Family

Felidae

Root name

sucuacuara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

461

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1169165

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor

(von Pelzeln, 1883)

Family

Felidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423247

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis platensis

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Felidae

Root name

platensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

329

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51769848

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Felis californica

(May, 1896)

Family

Felidae

Root name

californica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

22

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis concolor puma

(Marelli, 1924)

Family

Felidae

Root name

puma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

668

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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