Eastern cougar

Eastern cougar

Presumed Extinct (2018)  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Puma
Species: P. concolor
Subspecies: P. c. couguar
Population: †Eastern cougar
Synonyms
  • Felis couguar
  • Felis concolor couguar

The eastern cougar or eastern puma (Puma concolor couguar) is a subspecies designation proposed in 1946 for cougar populations in eastern North America.[2][3] The subspecies as described in 1946 was declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011.[4] However, the 1946 taxonomy is now in question.[5] The Canadian Wildlife Service has taken no position on the taxonomy.[6] Cougars are currently common in western North America and may be expanding their range. Individuals are occasionally seen as vagrants in eastern North America.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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  4. ^ "Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. ^ https://www.fws.gov/northeast/ecoar/pdf/Cougar_News_Bulletin_Final_1_18.pdf [dead link]
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