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Puma (genus)
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Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar (also known as the puma, among other names) and the jaguarundi, and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or "Owen's panther," a large cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pleistocene).[2][3]

Puma[1]

Species
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) Cougar Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) Owen's Panther Puma yagouaroundi (Geoffroy, 1803) Jaguarundi

References
1. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora" (http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000203). In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (http://www.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA544545) (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 544545. ISBN 978-08018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494 (//www.worldcat.org/oclc/62265494). 2. ^ Hemmer, H. (1965). Studien an "Panthera" schaubi Viret aus dem Villafranchien von Saint-Vallier (Drme). Neues Jahrbuch fr Geologie und Palontologie, Abhandlungen 122, 324336. 3. ^ Hemmer, H., Kahlike, R.-D. & Vekua, A. K. (2004). The Old World puma Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Lower Villafranchian (Upper Pliocene) of Kvabebi (East Georgia, Transcaucasia) and its evolutionary and biogeographical significance. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 233, 197233. Puma concolor

Scientific classification Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Felinae Puma
Jardine, 1834

External links
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Type species Felis concolor

Linnaeus, 1771

Species Puma concolor Puma pardoides Puma yagouaroundi

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Puma ranges

Synonyms Herpailurus Severtzow, 1858 Viretailurus Hemmer, 1965

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