Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Felis concolor Linnaeus, 1771 . Regn. Anim., App. Mant. Plantar., 2: 522 . TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana , Cayenne . DISTRIBUTION: S. Argentina and C. Chile , north to British Columbia , S. Ontario , and Nova Scotia ( Canada ). COMMENT: Puma is considered a valid genus by CPG. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae . CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. c. coryi subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. c. costaricensis subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. c. cougar subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001009001.