COUGAR 



whiskers; tail dark brown, a dark streak along mid-line 

 above, tip black; underparts buffy. Total length, 82 

 inches; tail vertebra), 30 inches; hind foot, 11.2 inches. 

 Found in Florida. 



Louisiana Cougar. — Felis arundivaga Hollister. 



Resembling coryi but not so reddish in color. Upperparts 

 grayish fawn in color, sprinkled with dusky, with a pale, 

 indefinite rufous stripe from nape to rump ; blackish on face 

 from crown to nose and on side of nose; ears blackish out- 

 side, whitish inside; pure white on lips and throat and 

 creamy white on breast; grayish on insides of legs; tail 

 much darker than back, with short black tip. Total 

 length, 84 inches; tail vertebras, 29 inches. Found in 

 Louisiana (Concordia Parish and Morehouse Parish); 

 limits of range unknown. 



Northwestern Cougar. — Felis oregonensis oregonensis Ra- 

 finesque. 

 Upperparts reddish brown varying to grayish tawny, face, 

 back, and tail darker; ears black on convex side; white to 

 whitish on lips, chin, and belly; tip of tail blackish. Total 

 length, 85 inches; tail vertebras, 28 inches; hind foot, 10 

 inches. Found in Pacific coast region from Northern 

 California north to British Columbia. 



Rocky Mountain Cougar. — Felis oregonensis hippolestes 

 (Merriam). 

 Largest of the North American Cougars; color dull, pale 

 yellowish brown; tip of tail black; whitish on chin, lips, 

 throat, breast, and inner sides of legs. Total length, males, 

 102 inches; tail vertebrcC, 36 inches; hind foot, 10.6 inches; 

 weight up to 220 pounds. Found from North Dakota, 

 Montana, and Idaho south through Colorado and Utah to 

 New Mexico; reported from as far north as the Athabaska 

 River, Alberta. 



California Cougar. — Felis oregonensis calif ornica (May). 



Differing from typical oregonensis in slightly paler color and 

 more restricted dark markings, as well as in cranial charac- 

 ters. Total length, 78 inches; tail vertebras, 30 inches; hind 

 foot, II inches. Found in California, throughout most of 

 the state, east to the desert areas and the Great Basin dis- 

 trict ; limits of range unknown. 



Mexican Cougar. — Felis oregonensis azteca (Merriam). 



Smaller than hippolestes and colored like it, dull fulvous, 

 "but tail darker, browner, with longer black tip and no 

 white underneath . . . ; ears almost wholly black." 

 (Merriam) Total length, 90 inches; tail vertebras, 29 

 inches; hind foot, 11 inches. Ranges from Mexico up into 

 western Texas; limits of range unknown. 



Yuma Cougar. — Felis oregonensis browni (Merriam). 



Paler and grayer than typical oregone^isis; smaller than 

 hippolestes. Total length, 88 inches; tail vertebree, 28 



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