FELIS. 369 



YUCATAN EYRA. 



Type locality. Merida, Yucatan. 



Geogr. Distr. Yucatan. Range unknown. 



Subgenus B. Pelis. Pumas, 



Felix con col or orrgoiiciiKix (Rafinesque) . 



Felix! oregonensis Rafin., Atlantic Journ., i, 1832, p. 62. 



Felis hippolestes Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, P- 2I 9- 



Felis hippolestes olympus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, 



p. 220. 

 Felis hippolestes aztecus Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 1901, 



P- 592- 



f* Felis aztecus browni Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, 1903, p. 73. 

 Felis concolor oregonensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., n, 1901, p. 294. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. 



& W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 454, pis. XLIV, 



XLV. Zool. Ser. 

 NORTHWESTERN PUMA. 



Type locality. Northwest coast. 



Geogr. Distr. West coast of North America, west of Rocky Moun- 

 tains south into northern Mexico. 



911. Felis cougar Kerr. 



Felis cougar Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 151. 



Felis pennsylvanica Link, Beyt. Naturgesch., n, 1795, p. 90. 



Felis concolor ftoridana Cory, Hunt. & Fish. Florida, 1896, p. 109. 



Felis coryi Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xm, 1899, p. 15. 



Felis con-color Auct., Eastern North America. 

 EASTERN PUMA. 



Type locality. Pennsylvania. 



Geogr. Distr. Adirondack Mountains, New Y rk; Green Moun- 

 tains, Vermont; higher Alleghanies of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and 

 West Virginia; and Florida. 



Genl. Char. Size various, medium to large; color various. 



Color. General hue fulvous or tawny, changing with the seasons , 

 belly rufous or whitish; ears behind blackish, upper lip with the usual 

 black patch. 



Measurements. Total length, 1828.8; tail, 609.6. Killed in the 

 Blue Mountains, Berks County, Pennsylvania. See Forest and 

 Stream, in, 1874, p. 67. No skull is available for measurements. 



*I have not seen a specimen of this form, but I find nothing in Dr. Mer- 

 riam's description to warrant a distinct rank. I have placed the name with 

 a query. Felis concolor by some has been restricted to South America. 



