Puma concolor

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Puma

Male walking. Also as Cougar|Mountain Lion|Catamount|Panther.
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Location:USA, CA, Tulare Co., Three RiversDate taken:Jan 1, 1967

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 275

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Aeluroidea
Superfamily : 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

specimen described by Marcgraf

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://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006017

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 101 names and synonyms.

Felis concolor

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Family

Felidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

specimen described by Marcgraf

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  2. Erxleben (1777:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  3. Borowski (1780:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  4. Forster (1780:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57573005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69278)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Boddaert (1785:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  7. Gmelin (1788:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  8. Kerr (1792:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  9. Link (1795:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  10. Wolf (1796:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  11. Cuvier (1797:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  12. Daudin (1802:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  13. Turton (1802:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  14. Treviranus (1802:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  15. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  16. Treviranus (1803:175, 180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  17. Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  18. Goldfuss (1809:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  19. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  20. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  21. Muirhead (1819:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  22. Ranzani (1820:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  23. Desmarest (1821:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  24. Schinz (1821:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  25. Godman (1826:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  26. Fischer (1829:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  27. Rengger (1830:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68767)
  28. Blyth (1840:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  29. Wagner (1841:467, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31063096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38216)
  30. Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  31. De Kay (1842:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  32. Blainville (1843:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68407)
  33. Blainville (1843:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68407)
  34. Tschudi (1844:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  35. Tschudi (1845:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  36. Gay (1847:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
  37. Gistel (1848:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  38. Schmarda (1853:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
  39. Fitzinger (1855:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  40. Giebel (1855:876, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  41. Fitzinger (1861:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  42. Murray (1866:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  43. Coues (1868:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  44. Frantzius (1869:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  45. Hensel (1872:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37365)
  46. Sclater (1872:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  47. Brayton (1882:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
  48. Pelzeln (1883:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37652)
  49. True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  50. Merriam (1890:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)
  51. Allen (1895:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
  52. Rhoads (1896:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
  53. Allen (1896:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  54. Alfaro (1897:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  55. Ihering (1897:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11200460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68752)
  56. Bangs (1898:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20629)
  57. Goeldi & Hagmann (1904:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41783245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37832)
  58. Trouessart (1904:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  59. Ward (1910:506, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  60. Ihering (1911:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  61. Lönnberg (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15431)
  62. Hall (1934:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  63. Benson (1935:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69523)
  64. Bailey (1936:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  65. Tate (1939:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  66. Osgood (1943:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  67. Goodwin (1946:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  68. Orr (1949:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  69. Pearson (1951:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28880264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72329)
  70. Hershkovitz (1951:564, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2761771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37831)
  71. Goldman (1951:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)
  72. Sanborn (1953:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41452)
  73. Lange (1960:453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  74. Burt & Stirton (1961:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  75. Anderson (1972:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  76. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  77. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:278, 279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  78. Heaton (1985:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  79. Corbet & Hill (1991:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  80. Anderson (1997:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  81. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  82. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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. Gmelin (1788:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Wolf (1796:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  4. Daudin (1802:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  5. Turton (1802:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  6. Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  7. Goldfuss (1809:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  8. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  9. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  10. Muirhead (1819:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  11. Hemprich (1820:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  12. Lesson (1827:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  13. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Felis (pensilvanica)

(G. Forster, 1780)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pensilvanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

311

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57573005

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Forster (1780:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57573005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69278)

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. Griffith (1822:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  2. Lesson (1827:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Matschie (1898:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  4. Lahille (1899:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  5. Trouessart (1904:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. Osgood (1914:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  8. 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

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. Trouessart (1904:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Hay (1930:552, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59236733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43205)

Felis pensylvanica

(Link, 1795)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pensylvanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Felix oregonensis

(Rafinesque, 1832)

Family

Felidae

Root name

oregonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Atlantic Journal

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1832:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41464)
  2. 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

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, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179) (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 page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:179, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Thomas (1928:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19808)
  3. Pocock (1929:899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69490)
  4. Husson (1978:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  5. Wozencraft (1993:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  6. Voss, Lunde & Simmons (2001:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10101)
  7. Voss (2003:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60861454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2297)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  9. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  11. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18868/97216466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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