THE PUMA, OR AMERICAN LiUJN *. 



Felts concolor LINNJEVS. 

 PLATE IV. 



Felis concolor, Linnaus, Desmarest. Le Couguar, Buf- 

 fon, plate xix. Fred. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle de 

 Mammiferes Guazuar, Azara, Apuntamientos de los 

 Quadrup. del Paraguay, i. p. 120. Felis cougouar ou 

 Puma, Felis concolor, and discolor, Temminck, Mono- 

 graphies, p. 134. The Puma, or American Lion, Wil- 

 son's Illustrations of Zoology, pi. i. 



THE True Puma, or Couguar, has a very extensive 

 range over both the continents of America. To- 

 wards the south, it reaches Patagonia, and, in the 

 northern division of the New World, extends on the 

 one side to California, on the other to Pennsylvania ; 

 and it is probable that its northern range may even 

 have been more extensive, before the inroads of the 

 numerous settlers had extirpated or driven it to seek 

 a more secluded retreat. 



Cuvier tells us, that, in this vast extent of coun- 

 try, he was suspicious that more than one species 

 existed ; but, from the researches which these sus- 

 picions induced him to make, he arrived at the con- 



