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more or less indistinctly until the animal has attained its full 
dimensions, or possibly in some cases throughout life. Never- 
theless, the term ‘“‘spotted” cannot be applied to the Puma in 
the same sense as to the Jaguar or Leopard. It is added that 
in some instances Lions, which to the eye appear of a perfectly 
uniform colour, come out spotted in photographs. 
Distribution.—America ; from British Columbia and Maine 
in the North to the Straits of Magellan in the south. 
Stragglers may, however, occasionally range as far north as 
the sixtieth parallel of latitude. In the Andes it is reported 
to range as high as 9,000 feet above the sea-level. 
Regarding its distribution in North America, Mr. True 
writes that “on the Atlantic coast the Puma has not apparently 
been found in the States of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, 
New Jersey, or Delaware. On our northern boundary I find 
no mention of its having been found in Michigan or Indiana. 
In Ohio it was extirpated prior to 1838, and probably more 
recently in Illinois and Indiana. I find no record of its 
occurrence in Nevada, but, as it has been found in the surround- 
ing States, it seems improbable that it should be entirely 
absent here. With these exceptions, there are recorded in- 
stances, more or less numerous, of the occurrence of the Puma 
in every State and Territory of the Union, dating from the 
beginning of the century. Like many other large American 
animals, however, the Puma has retired before the advance of 
civilisation, and in many of the more thickly populated States 
it is improbable that even stragglers could be found at the 
present day.” In Minnesota, according to Mr. Herrick, the 
last Puma was killed in 1875. 
Over the greater part of South America there appears to bea 
dearth of information as to the distribution of this animal. 
Writing in the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society” for 
1894, Mr. Aplin observes that in Uruguay “the Puma is now 
