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Genus PUMA Jardine. 



Felis in part, of many authors. 



Puma Jardine, Jardine's Nat. Library, II, 1834, 266. Full genus, to in- 

 clude Felis concolor, F. yagonarondi, F. eyra, F. pajeros, and two 

 nominal species. Type by elimination, Felis concolor Linn., or more 

 strictly, Felis ptmia Molina. 



Leopardtis Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, xix, 40-44, part. 



Paiithera Severtzow, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), X, Sept. 1858, 384, 390, 

 part ^Z^(9/^n///5 Gray. Also /'<7;////^r<7 Fitzinger, 1869, part. 



Puma Severtzow, ibid., 384, 390, a subgenus of Panthera, to include only 

 Felis concolor Linn. 



Uncia Cope, Amer. Nat, XIV, Dec, 1880, 852, and subsequently (part) ; 

 nearly equal to Leo, Tigris, and Leopardus (part) of Gray, 1843. 

 Not Uncia of Gray, 1854, restricted to the Ounces of Asia [Felis 

 uncia and allies), but includes it. — Lahille, Congr. cient. Lat. Amer., 

 Ill, 1899, 177, ex Cope. 



Puma puma patagonica (Merriam). 

 Felis concolor [nee Linn.), in part, of most authors prior to 1901. 

 Felis [Uncia] puma Lahille, Congr. cient. Lat. Amer., Ill, 1899, 177, 

 part. 



Leopardus Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, '^'^. 40-44; P. Z. S., 1867, 263-265 ; 



Cat. Cam., Pachy., and Edent. Mamm., 1869, 10-13, P^'''^ > ^y^&, Felis leopardus ScVxthtx. 

 Panthcra Severtzow, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), X, Sept. 1858, 386, 390, part, with the subgenera 



(i) Jaguarius, (2) Panthera, (3) Uncia, ex Gray, 1854, (4) Puma, e.x Jardine, 1834 ; all 



monotypic except Uncia; subgenus Panthera = Panthera Frisch, 1775; genus Panthera 



= Leopardus Gray. Also Panthera Fitzinger, 1869, part. 

 Jaguarius Severtzow, ibid., 386, 390, subgenus of Panthera, for Felis onca Linn. 

 Onca Severtzow, ibid., 390 ; alternative name iox Jaguarius. 



For the Eyra and Yaguarondi Cats : 

 Felis, in part, of most authors, even when Felis is taken in a more or less restricted sense. Not 



Felis s. str., with Felis catus as type. 

 Puma Jardine, Jardine's Nat. Library, II, 1834, 266, part. 

 Herpailurus Severtzow, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., X, Sept., 1858, 385, 390 ; for Felis eyra and F. 



yagouarondi. 

 Eyra Severtzow, ibid., 391, alternative name for Herpailurus. 

 Catopuma Lahille, Congr. cient. Lat. Amer., Ill, 1899, 179. Not Catopuma Severtzow, 1858, 



type Felis moormensis Hodgs. 



The synonymy of the Pumas, the Pampa cat, the Ocelots and other small American spotted 

 cats, is given below, in the main text, these groups having representatives in southern Patagonia. 



