. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . \concolor oTegoneiisis {Felix!), Rafin., Atlantic Journ., i, 1832, No. 2,p. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. aztecns Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 1901, P- Puma. Type locality. Northwest coast. *It would be more satisfactory if, in a genus where there is so much varia-tion in the species, the material by which this form has been differentiatedcould have been more ample. tDr. Merriam has described at various
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . \concolor oTegoneiisis {Felix!), Rafin., Atlantic Journ., i, 1832, No. 2,p. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. aztecns Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., in, 1901, P- Puma. Type locality. Northwest coast. *It would be more satisfactory if, in a genus where there is so much varia-tion in the species, the material by which this form has been differentiatedcould have been more ample. tDr. Merriam has described at various times sundry species and subspeciesof Puma, basing his distinctive characters upon size, color, and certain differ-ences in the skull. As regards size, that is hardly worth considering as a spe-cific character; for all cats vary so greatly in their dimensions, even from thesame locality, that no dependence can be placed upon measurements; and sexand age, even among adults, have much influence on the size of an animal lELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM. PLATE XLIV, Felis C. 9S88 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. % nat. size.
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