Extinct population of cougar in eastern part of North America
Eastern cougar
Conservation status
Presumed Extinct (2018) (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific 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.
^"NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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^"Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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