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Puma (cougar)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy

Puma was named by Jardine (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Felidae by Jardine (1834), Salles et al. (2006); and to Felinae by Martin (1998), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Species

P. concolor (syn. Felis aztecus, Felis bangsi, Felis oregonensis, Felis californica, Felis daggetti, Felis hawveri, Felis couguar, Felis hippolestes, Felis coryi, Felis puma), P. lacustris, P. yagouaroundi (syn. Felis apache, Felis unicolor, Felis jaguarondi, Felis darwini)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1834	Puma Jardine
1998	Puma Martin p. 238
2006	Puma Johnson et al. p. 74
2006	Puma Salles et al. p. 8
2017	Puma Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 33

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
superfamily	Feloidea	Hay 1930
family	Felidae
subfamily	Felinae	Trouessart 1885
genus	Puma	Jardine 1834

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Puma Jardine 1834 [cougar]

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Herpailurus yagouaroundi yagouaroundi Geoffroy 1803

Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 [puma]

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Invalid names: Felis aztecus Merriam 1903 [synonym], Felis bangsi Merriam 1901 [synonym], Felis californica May 1896 [synonym], Felis coryi Bangs 1899 [synonym], Felis couguar Kerr 1792 [synonym], Felis daggetti Merriam 1918 [synonym], Felis hawveri Stock 1918 [synonym], Felis hippolestes Merriam 1897 [synonym], Felis oregonensis Rafinesque 1832 [synonym], Felis puma Molina 1782 [synonym]

†Puma lacustris Gazin 1933

Puma yagouaroundi Geoffroy 1803 [jaguarundi]

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Herpailurus yagouaroundi ameghinoi Holmberg 1898

Herpailurus yagouaroundi cacomitli Berlandier 1859

Herpailurus yagouaroundi eyra Fischer 1814

Herpailurus yagouaroundi fossata Mearns 1901

Herpailurus yagouaroundi melantho Thomas 1914

Herpailurus yagouaroundi panamensis Allen 1904

Herpailurus yagouaroundi tolteca Thomas 1898

Invalid names: Felis apache Mearns 1901 [synonym], Felis darwini Martin 1837 [synonym], Felis jaguarondi Fischer 1814 [objective synonym], Felis unicolor Trail 1819 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available