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    Puma (/ˈpjuːmə/ or /ˈpuːmə/) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther...
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  • Look up Puma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Puma or PUMA may refer to: Puma (genus), a genus in the family Felidae Puma (species) or cougar, a large...
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    Puma pardoides is an extinct prehistoric cat in the cougar genus Puma known from fossils found across Eurasia. Puma pardoides was originally described...
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    Jaguarundi (redirect from Puma yagouaroundi)
    1858 for the jaguarundi. Later authors classified the jaguarundi in the genus Puma along with the cougar (P. concolor). Phylogeographical analysis of jaguarundi...
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  • with the living jaguarundi, it was preliminarily subordinated to the genus Puma. Castellanos, A. (1956). "Nota preliminar sobre nuevos restos de mamíferos...
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    Cougar (redirect from Puma concolor)
    The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ˈkuːɡər/, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas....
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  • Puma incurva is an extinct species in genus Puma. It was described based on fossils from the Early Pleistocene-aged Swartkrans site in South Africa. Puma...
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  • Puma lacustris (also known as the lake cat) is an extinct species of Puma from the Blancan stage (from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene). The type...
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    in a jaguarundi's natural environment in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. "Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli (Berlandier, 1859)". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
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    The South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor), also known as the Andean mountain lion or puma, is a cougar subspecies occurring in northern and western...
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    The North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) is a cougar subspecies in North America. It is the biggest cat in North America (North American jaguars...
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  • Path of the Panther (category Puma (genus))
    Path of the Panther is a documentary directed by Eric Bendick that follows National Geographic photographer Carlton Ward Jr. as he documents the conservation...
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    Eastern cougar (redirect from Eastern puma)
    The eastern cougar or eastern puma (Puma concolor couguar) is a subspecies designation proposed in 1946 for cougar populations in eastern North America...
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    Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals comprising three species commonly known as raccoons in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the...
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    and for a longer time. It was described as a distinct cougar subspecies (Puma concolor coryi) in the late 19th century. The Florida panther had for a long...
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    classified in the genus Miracinonyx lived in North America at the same time; these may have been more closely related to the genus Puma. Acinonyx was proposed...
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    canadensis) Eurasian lynx (L. lynx) Iberian lynx (L. pardinus) Bobcat (L. rufus) Puma lineage Leopard cat lineage Felis Chinese mountain cat (F. bieti) Domestic...
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    species Felis catus; medium-sized wild cats from the genus Lynx; and big cats from the genera Puma and Panthera. Domestic cats vastly outnumber wild cats...
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    Caracal is a genus in the subfamily Felinae of the family Felidae. It was proposed by John Edward Gray in 1843 who described a skin from the Cape of Good...
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  • mammalian species including large predators such as jaguars (Jaguar) and pumas (Puma (genus)). According to the OTS Website [1], five of the six species of felines...
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    they found Miracinonyx to be a sister taxon to Puma (though in their paper they considered the former genus to be an extinct subgenus of the latter). Adams...
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    Meles is a genus of badgers containing four living species known as Eurasian badgers, the Japanese badger (Meles anakuma), Asian badger (Meles leucurus)...
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    some inter-code homonyms); they are in two parts used together: the genus as in Puma, and the specific epithet as in concolor. A species is given a taxonomic...
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  • leopard (Panthera uncia) Subfamily Felinae Genus Acinonyx Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Genus Puma Cougar (Puma concolor) It is estimated that the ancestors...
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    lineage Genus Leopardus: eight species Lynx lineage Genus Lynx: four species Puma lineage Genus Acinonyx: one species Genus Herpailurus: one species Genus Puma:...
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  • Puma lentivirus (PLV) is a retrovirus. A study in 2003 indicated that domestic cats infected with Puma lentivirus or Lion lentivirus (LLV) began producing...
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    Lake Titicaca (redirect from Rock Puma)
    translated in several ways. In Aymara, titi can be translated as either puma, lead, or a heavy metal. The word caca (kaka) can be translated as white...
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    Lynx (redirect from Lynx (genus))
    Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. The name originated in Middle English via Latin from the Greek word...
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    Paca (redirect from Agouti (genus))
    always above the seasonal flood line. Predators except humans include jaguar, puma, ocelot, margay, jaguarundi, bush dog, boa constrictor, and caiman. Pacas...
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    mammalian subfamily Viverrinae, in the family Viverridae. There is one genus, Poiana. The name linsang is from Javanese linsang or wlinsang, which used...
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