294 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



F. couguar Kerr. Puma; cougar; mountain lion; panther; painter; 

 catamount. Color uniform yellowish brown or fulvous, darker mid- 

 dorsally; under parts reddish or whitish; tail tipped with black or 

 brown; length 2,600 mm.; tail 930 mm.; hind foot 270 mm.: eastern and 

 central America; northward into southern Canada; extinct in all well 

 settled regions, but may still exist in the Adirondacks and the higher 

 Alleghanies. 



F. coryi Bangs. Florida cougar. Size larger than that of F. 

 couguar; head large and massive; feet small; color of back very dark: 

 central Florida. 



F. arundivaga Hollister. Size large; color grayish fawn above; 

 tail darker, with a dark brown median line; throat and breast white; 

 face blackish, with a white streak over each eye: cane-brakes of 

 Louisiana. 



F. oregonensis Rafinesque. Western puma; mountain lion. Size 

 large; color dull fulvous; head large and massive: Rocky Mountain and 

 Pacific coast regions. 



Subspecies of F. oregonensis 



F. 0. oregonensis Raf. Largest of the pumas; color very dark; belly 

 whitish: coastal region from California to British Columbia. 



F. 0. hippolestes Merriam. Not so large as F. 0. oregonensis; head 

 with a high median crest: Rocky Mountains and Great Basin. 



F. 0. azteca Merr. Size moderate; color dull fulvous; tail much 

 darker and with a longer black tip; no white underneath; ears black: 

 lower Colorado River Valley and Mexico. 



F. cacomitli Baird. Jaguarundi cat; eyra. Color uniformly either 

 gray or rusty rufous, there being 2 distinct color phases; length 1,060 

 mm.; tail 480 mm.; hind foot 140 mm.: South and Central America; 

 southern Texas. 



F. pardalis L. Ocelot; tiger cat. Color tawny or brown, with large 

 blackish spots and stripes, each one enclosing a lighter one; length 970 

 mm.; tail 347 mm.: southern Louisiana and Texas to Patagonia. 



F. hernandesi (Gray). Jaguar. Color tawny yellow, spotted with 

 black rings; length 2,100 mm.; tail 600 mm.: southern United States to 

 Patagonia; formerly numerous, still found from central Texas to 

 northern Arizona.; number of young at a birth 2. 



2. Lynx. Kerr. Body short and thick; tail short; legs long; denti- 

 tion 2)l^i i/i, 2/2, i/i; ears with a tuft of long hairs at the tip: many 

 species, all in the northern hemisphere, about 6 in North America; 

 woodland animals, preying largely on rodents; number of young, 2 to 5. 



