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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. yagouaroudi, F. eym, F. pajcros, and two 

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

 strictly, Felis ptuna Molina. 



LeopanlusQr2.y, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, xix, 40-44, part 



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

 ^^x\ = LeopaydiisQx^y. Also* /'rt';////cm Fitzinger, 1869, part. 



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

 Felis coucolor Linn. 



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

 nearly equal to Leo, Tigris, and Leopardits (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 coucolor (;/^c 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, xix, 40-44; P. Z. S., 1867. 263-265 ■ 

 Cat. Cam., Pachy., and Edent. Mamm.. 1869, 10-13, part; type, Fdis leopardus ^zhx€b^r 



Panthera 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, ex Jardine. 1834 • all 

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

 = Leopardus Gray. Also Panthera Fitzinger. 1 869. part. 

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



Onca Severtzow, ibid., 390; alternative name {or 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. 

 /V/wrt 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. 

 Fyra 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, m the main text, these groups having representatives in southern Patagonia. 



