Subspecies

Puma concolor couguar (North american mountain lion)

Puma concolor couguar. Photo: (c) Theodore Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar), is the cougar subspecies once commonly found in eastern North America and still prevalent in the western half of the continent.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Carnivora (Carnivorans)
        Family: Felidae (Felids)
        Subfamily: Felinae (Small cats)
        Genus: Puma
        Species: Puma concolor (Mountain lion)
        Subspecies: Puma concolor couguar (North american mountain lion)

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