For other uses, see Puma.
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Puma is a Felidae genus that contains the Cougar (also known as the Puma, among other names) and the Jaguarundi, and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or "Owen's Panther," a large cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pleistocene).[2][3]
References
- ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 544-545. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Hemmer, H. (1965). Studien an "Panthera" schaubi Viret aus dem Villafranchien von Saint-Vallier (Drôme). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 122, 324-336.
- ^ Hemmer, H., Kahlike, R.-D. & Vekua, A. K. (2004). The Old World puma Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Lower Villafranchian (Upper Pliocene) of Kvabebi (East Georgia, Transcaucasia) and its evolutionary and biogeographical significance. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 233, 197-233.
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