404 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



THE PACIFIC PUMA 



[Felis conco/or orcgoncnsis) 



The puma inhabiting the Olympic Mountains, Washington, and neigh- 

 bouring districts was named F. h'ippolcstcs olympiis by Dr. Merriam ^ in- 

 1897. It was, however, subsequently shown by Mr. W. Stone'- that 

 Rafinesque had applied the name F. orcgoncnsis to this form in 1832, and 

 his title is therefore entitled to stand. 



This is a decidedly smaller animal than the Rocky Mountain puma, 

 much darker in colour, with the tail uniformly coloured up to the black 

 tip instead of greyish white below. The light area on the under surface 

 of the body is likewise smaller, and less white. The basal length of the 

 skull of the specimen described by Dr. Merriam is just under 6^ inches. 



THE FLORIDA PUMA 



[Felis conco/or coryi) 



In his work entitled Hunting and Fishing in Florida, which appeared 

 in 1896, Mr. C. B. Cory separated the Florida puma as a distinct local race 

 under the name of FcUs concolor jioridajia. Unfortunately, however, the 

 name Fclis foridana had been used at a much earlier date for the Florida 

 red lynx, and is, therefore, according to modern rules of nomenclature, 

 ineligible for the present animal. Mr. O. Bangs, who, on account of its 

 apparent isolation, regards it as a distinct species, has therefore renamed '^ 

 it Fclis coryi — a title which may be further amended as above. 



Slightly smaller than the Rocky Mountain puma, thit. race is stated to 



' Proi-. Biol. Soi. of IViishinglon, vol. xi. p. 219 (1897). 



- Science, scries 2, vol. ix. p. 31 (1899). 

 •' Proc. Biol. Soc. of M'<isli?igto!i, \ol. xiii. p. 1:; (1S99). 



