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F. coryl 



Map illustrating the probable former distribution of Cougars or Panthers in eastern United States. 

 At the present time F. couguar is rare, having been exterminated nearly throughout its former range. 

 F. c. coryi is still not uncommon in the wilder portions of Florida. 



Felis couguar Kerr. Type locality — Pennsylvania. Description as previously 

 given. 



Felis c. coryi (Bangs). (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, 1899, p. 15.) New name for 

 Felis concolor floridana Cory (preoccupied) described in "Hunting and Fishing 

 in Florida," 1896, p. 109. Type locality — Southeast of Lake Okeechobee, west 

 of Hillsboro River, Dade Co., Florida. (Type No. 1155, Field Mus. Nat. Hist.) 

 Color ferrugineous brown; legs long; feet small; nasals large. 



Felis c. arundivaga (Hollister).* (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV., 191 1, p. 176.) 

 Type locality — Twelve miles southwest of Vidalia, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. 

 General color of upper parts grayish fawn-color, not rusty or red brown as in 

 coryi, or paler and uniformly colored as in azteca; cranial characters approaching 

 coryi. 

 * Described after cut of map was made. 



