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Scientific Name
Puma concolor
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)
Park
Parashant National Monument (PARA)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
cougar
Park Synonyms
Puma concolor kaibabensis, Felis concolor kaibabensis
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassEutheria
OrderCarnivora
SuborderFeliformia
FamilyFelidae
SubfamilyFelinae
GenusPuma
SpeciesPuma concolor
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Jim Boone, Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC. 7/4/2011.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Jim Boone, Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC. 7/4/2011.
Abundance
Rare
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Jim Boone, Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC. 7/4/2011.
Management Tags
  • Exploitation Concern
    Hunted.
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    Data Source: Jim Boone, Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC. 7/4/2011.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
4
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
Jennifer Fox
Created Date
11/16/2009 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
11/14/2011 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: See Felis concolor kaibabensis (TSN# 203564) and Puma concolor kaibabensis (TSN# 552786) to view additional species evidence., Park Species Data Source: Kamler, J. F., R. M. Lee, J. C. deVos Jr., W. B. Ballard and H. A. Whitlaw. 2002. Survival and cougar predation of translocated bighorn sheep in Arizona. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 66:1267-1272. NATUREBIB-663233., Accepted Detail: American Society of Mammalogists (http://www.mammalogy.org/) (Accessed on-line June 2011).
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