Puma concolor coryi
Florida Panther
Puma concolor coryi: Taxonomy | Info | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (chordates)
- Class: Mammalia (mammals)
- Order: Carnivora (carnivores)
- Family: Felidae (cats)
- Genus: Puma (pumas)
- Species: Puma concolor coryi (Felis concolor coryi)
- Common Names: Florida Panther
Other North American common names for Puma concolor not necessarily associated with specific subspecies are: mountain lion, cougar, American puma, puma, panther, catamount.
Panthera, Inc. displays a reclassification list of Puma concolor into just six or seven subspecies, based on the following publication:
Genomic ancestry of the American puma (Puma concolor).
Culver, M, Johnson WE, Pecon-Slattery J, O'Brien SJ.
The Journal of Heredity 91: 186-197.
See also: Florida PantherNet - Scientific Classification
Currently Named Subspecies
- North America
- Puma concolor couguar - eastern cougar, eastern puma
- Puma concolor coryi - Florida panther (still debated, may be Puma concolor couguar)
- Puma concolor costaricensis - Costa Rican puma, Central American puma
- South America
- Puma concolor capricornensis
- Puma concolor concolor - Brazilian cougar
- Puma concolor cabrerae - Argentine puma
- Puma concolor puma - Chilean puma
Previously Named Subspecies
- North American
- Puma concolor azteca - Mexican cougar
- Puma concolor browni - Yuma puma
- Puma concolor californica - California cougar
- Puma concolor coryi - Florida panther
- Puma concolor costaricensis - Costa Rican puma, Central American puma
- Puma concolor couguar - eastern cougar, eastern puma
- Puma concolor hippolestes - Colorado cougar
- Puma concolor improcera - Baja California cougar
- Puma concolor kaibabensis - Kaibab cougar
- Puma concolor mayensis - Mayan cougar
- Puma concolor missoulensis - Missoula cougar
- Puma concolor olympus
- Puma concolor oregonensis - Oregon cougar
- Puma concolor schorgeri - Wisconsin puma
- Puma concolor stanleyana - Texas panther, Texas cougar
- Puma concolor vancouverensis - Vancouver Island cougar
- South American
- Puma concolor acrocodia - Mato Grosso cougar
- Puma concolor anthonyi - Anthony's puma
- Puma concolor araucanus - Andes puma
- Puma concolor bangsi - Colombian cougar
- Puma concolor borbensis
- Puma concolor cabrerae - Argentine puma
- Puma concolor capricornensis
- Puma concolor concolor - Brazilian cougar
- Puma concolor greeni - Green's puma
- Puma concolor hudsoni - Hudson's puma
- Puma concolor incarum - Incan cougar
- Puma concolor osgoodi - Bolivian cougar
- Puma concolor patagonica - Patagonia puma
- Puma concolor pearsoni - Parson's puma
- Puma concolor puma - Chilean puma
- Puma concolor soderstromi - Ecuador cougar
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Puma concolor coryi - This Florida Panther is scratching its back by pushing up and rubbing against the branch.
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
Tallahassee, FL
December 19, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
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Puma concolor coryi - This Florida Panther is scratching its back by pushing up and rubbing against the branch.