THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)

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The Cat Specialist Group, a of 2017, isn't sure about which cougar subspecies inhabits northwest South America (Pages 32−33): https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/hand...sAllowed=y

"A more recent study of mtDNA in pumas from throughout their range, although with lower sample sizes, supports only two main geographical groupings with North American populations having colonised since c. 8,000 years b.p. (Caragiulo et al. 2014). On this basis, we tentatively recognise two subspecies within Puma concolor:

Puma concolor concolor (Linnaeus, 1771). Distribution: South America, possibly excluding W of Andes in north.
Puma concolor couguar (Kerr, 1792). Distribution: North and Central America, possibly N South America W of Andes."

Look at the size of this 160-pound North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar?) at Colorado. The bowhunter was fortunate that she managed to kill it before it could have gotten her: https://coloradooutdoorsmag.com/2014/03/...tain-lion/ 

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Northern South American cougar, Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/708824428822610900/

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Southern South America cougar (Puma concolor concolor?) at Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile: https://www.cascada.travel/en/Tour/Patag...ku=PAT080D

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