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Puma concolor (puma)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Felis concolor Linnaeus
1782Felis puma Molina
1792Felis couguar Kerr
1832Felis oregonensis Rafinesque
1896Felis californica May
1897Felis hippolestes Merriam
1899Felis coryi Bangs
1901Felis bangsi Merriam
1902Felis concolor Hay p. 782
1903Felis aztecus Merriam
1918Felis daggetti Merriam
1918Felis hawveri Stock
1932Felis bituminosa Merriam and Stock
1935Felis concolor hippolestes Schultz and Howard p. 285
1978Puma concolor Glass and Martin
1980Felis concolor Kurten and Anderson p. 194
1983Felis concolor Currier p. 1
1992Puma concolor Salles
1995Puma concolor Repenning et al.
1997Puma concolor Morgan and Seymour
2006Puma concolor Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Puma concolor Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusPumaJardine 1834
speciesconcolor(Linnaeus 1771)

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
estimateequationreference
 26.1 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 56.8 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 45.7 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 40.7 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter116.6
humerus diameter123.2
radius diameter112.4
tibia diameter119.6

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:10:59
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:10:59
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
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Felis concolor (19663 20116 20120 20121)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Puma concolor (19786 19787 19796)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Felis concolor (70673)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Felis oregonensis (93257)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Felis couguar (126660)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Washington) Felis concolor (20307)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Felis concolor (20272)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Felis concolor (20295)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Puma concolor (212780)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Felis concolor (20639)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Felis concolor, Puma concolor (71274)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Puma concolor (140159)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Felis concolor (20491) Puma concolor (195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Felis daggetti (150336)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Puma concolor (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Puma concolor (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Puma concolor (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Honduras (Copan) Puma concolor (230462)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Felis concolor (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Felis concolor (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Puma concolor (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Felis concolor (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Felis hawveri (155409) Felis hippolestes (93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Puma concolor (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Felis concolor (73845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Chile (Magallanes) Puma concolor (141367)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Puma concolor (212361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Puma concolor (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Felis sp. (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Felis concolor (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Felis concolor (93141 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Peru Puma concolor (212474)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Utah) Felis concolor (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Puma concolor (71313 212251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Puma concolor (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Felis concolor (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Puma concolor (212250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Felis concolor (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Puma concolor (195062 195067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Felis concolor (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Felis concolor (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Felis concolor (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Felis concolor (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Felis concolor (21687)