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FELIS C O N C O L O R.— Linn. 
The Cougar. — Panther. 
PLATE XCVI . — Male : — P LATE XCVII . — Eemale and young. 
F. immaculata fulva; auriculis nigricantibus, cauda elongate, apice 
nigra neque floccosa. 
CHARACTERS. 
Uniformly tawny-yellow ; ears, blackish behind ; tail, elongated, apex 
black, without a tuft. 
SYNONYMES. 
Eelis Concolor, Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. Gmel., 1. p. 79. 
“ “ Sohreb Saiigth., p. 394. 
“ “ BufFon, Hist. Nat., t. 9. 
“ “ Gonazouara, D’Azara Anim. du Paraguay. 
“ “ Desmarest in Nouv. Diet., p. 90, 2. 
Puma, Leo Americanus, Hernandez. 
F. Concolor, Cuv. Regne Animal, vol. 1, p. 161 
Brown Tiger, Pennant’s Syn. p. 179. 
Black Tiger, “ “ 180. 
F. Concolor, Harlan, Fauna Am., p. 94. 
“ “ Godman, vol. 1, p. 291. 
“ “ Dekay’s Nat. Hist. N. Y., p. 47. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Body, long and slender ; head, small ; neck, long ; ears, rounded ; legs, 
short and stout ; tail, long, slender and cylindrical, sometimes trailing ; fur, 
soft and short. 
COLOUR. 
Body and legs, of a uniform fulvous or tawny colour ; under surface, 
reddish-white ; around the eyes, grayish-yellow ; hairs within the ears, 
yellowish- white ; exterior of the ears, blackish ; lips, at the moustache, 
black ; throat, whitish ; tail of the male, longer than that of the female, 
brown at tip, not tufted. 
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