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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Felidae
--> SUBFAMILY Felinae
GENUS Puma
| Author: | Jardine, 1834. | | Citation: | Natur. Libr.: 266-267. | | Type Species: | Felis concolor Linnaeus, 1771, by original designation. | | Comments: | Placed as a subgenus in Felis by McKenna and Bell (1997) who separated yagouaroundi into Felis (Herpailurus). Salles (1992), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) considered concolor and yagouaroundi monophyletic, with Acinonyx as the sister group. |
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