Eastern cougar
Extinct population of cougar in eastern part of North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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 |
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