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Taxonomy
Felis concolor was named by Linnaeus (1771) [also said to be 1758]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Puma concolor by Glass and Martin (1978), Salles (1992), Repenning et al. (1995), Morgan and Seymour (1997), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was recombined as Puma concolor by Glass and Martin (1978), Salles (1992), Repenning et al. (1995), Morgan and Seymour (1997), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1771 | Felis concolor Linnaeus |
1782 | Felis puma Molina |
1792 | Felis couguar Kerr |
1832 | Felis oregonensis Rafinesque |
1896 | Felis californica May |
1897 | Felis hippolestes Merriam |
1899 | Felis coryi Bangs |
1901 | Felis bangsi Merriam |
1902 | Felis concolor Hay p. 782 |
1903 | Felis aztecus Merriam |
1918 | Felis daggetti Merriam |
1918 | Felis hawveri Stock |
1932 | Felis bituminosa Merriam and Stock |
1935 | Felis concolor hippolestes Schultz and Howard p. 285 |
1978 | Puma concolor Glass and Martin |
1980 | Felis concolor Kurten and Anderson p. 194 |
1983 | Felis concolor Currier p. 1 |
1992 | Puma concolor Salles |
1995 | Puma concolor Repenning et al. |
1997 | Puma concolor Morgan and Seymour |
2006 | Puma concolor Johnson et al. p. 74 |
2017 | Puma concolor Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 33 |
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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.
Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 [puma]
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Invalid names: Felis aztecus Merriam 1903 [synonym], Felis bangsi Merriam 1901 [synonym], Felis bituminosa Merriam and Stock 1932 [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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimate | equation | reference |
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26.1 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
56.8 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
45.7 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
mean: 40.7 kg |
Measurements
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femur diameter | 1 | 16.6 | |||||
humerus diameter | 1 | 23.2 | |||||
radius diameter | 1 | 12.4 | |||||
tibia diameter | 1 | 19.6 |
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (54 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Blancan | USA (California) | Felis concolor (19663 20116 20120 20121) | |
Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Puma concolor (19786 19787 19796) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Felis concolor (70673) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Felis oregonensis (93257) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Felis couguar (126660) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Washington) | Felis concolor (20307) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Felis concolor (20272) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Felis concolor (20295) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Puma concolor (212780) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Felis concolor (20639) | |
Lujanian | Uruguay | Felis concolor, Puma concolor (71274) | |
Lujanian (interglacial) | Uruguay (Salto) | Puma concolor (140159) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Felis concolor (20491) Puma concolor (195112) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Felis daggetti (150336) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Puma concolor (79757) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Puma concolor (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Puma concolor (20569) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Honduras (Copan) | Puma concolor (230462) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Felis concolor (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Missouri) | Felis concolor (93379) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Puma concolor (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Felis concolor (76059) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Felis hawveri (155409) Felis hippolestes (93250) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Bahia) | Puma concolor (136498) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Felis concolor (73845) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Chile (Magallanes) | Puma concolor (141367) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Quintana Roo) | Puma concolor (212361) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Puma concolor (191153) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Felis sp. (20636) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Felis concolor (13066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Felis concolor (93141 93281) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Puma concolor (212474) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Felis concolor (93326) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Puma concolor (71313 212251) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Puma concolor (71263) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Felis concolor (93374) | |
Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Puma concolor (212250) | |
Holocene | USA (Montana) | Felis concolor (162133) | |
Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Puma concolor (195062 195067) | |
Holocene | Panama | Felis concolor (21691) | |
Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Felis concolor (21686) | |
Holocene | Peru | Felis concolor (21689) | |
Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Felis concolor (104675) | |
Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Felis concolor (21687) |