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Images Panthera atrox: North America, 0.13 to 0.013 MYA, with dubious remains in South America. [63] Commonly known as the American lion, P. atrox is thought to have descended from a basal P. spelaea cave lion population isolated south of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, and then established a mitochondrial sister clade circa 200,000 BP. [64]
As the panther grows, the spots fade and the coat becomes completely tan, while the eyes typically take on a yellow hue. The panther's underbelly is a creamy white, and it has black tips on the tail and ears. Florida panthers lack the ability to roar, and instead make distinct sounds that include whistles, chirps, growls, hisses, and purrs.
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), sometimes called the mountain lion, catamount, puma, or panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
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]
Genus Panthera – Oken, 1816 – five species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Jaguar. P. onca (Linnaeus, 1758) Large swathes of South and Latin America, and Arizona in the United States: Size: 110–170 cm (43–67 in) long, 44–80 cm (17–31 in) tail [32]
Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained, Ellin Beltz, 2006 "SSAR North American Species Names Database". Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. The Reptile Database, Uetz, P. and Jirí Hošek (eds.) US Fish & Wildlife Service – Species Search, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Black panther, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar Cougar , a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther Florida panther , a population of cougar
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity.