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The puma/cougar/mountain lion is its own specific species: Puma concolor. However, there are subspecies: ; Argentine puma (Puma concolor cabrerae) : includes the previous subspecies and synonyms hudsonii and puma(Marcelli, 1922); ; Costa Rican Cougar (Puma concolor costaricensis) ; Eastern South American cougar (Puma concolor anthonyi) : includes the previous subspecies and synonyms acrocodia, borbensis, capricornensis, concolor (Pelzeln, 1883), greeni and nigra; ; North American Cougar (Puma concolor couguar) : includes the previous subspecies and synonyms arundivaga, aztecus, browni, californica, coryi, floridana, hippolestes, improcera, kaibabensis, mayensis, missoulensis, olympus, oregonensis, schorgeri, stanleyana, vancouverensis and youngi; ; Northern South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor) : includes the previous subspecies and synonyms bangsi, incarum, osgoodi, soasoaranna, soderstromii, sucuacuara and wavula; ; Southern South American puma (Puma concolor puma) : includes the previous subspecies and synonyms araucanus, concolor (Gay, 1847), patagonica, pearsoni and puma (Trouessart, 1904)

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