WILKINS ET AL: FLORIDA PANTHER MORPHOLOGY


information concerning the panthers in the Everglades region. Technical advice was provided by Clarence
Abercrombie, Richard Hulbert, Stephen Linda, Rodrigo Medellin and Timothy OBrien, all previously or
currently at the University of Florida. Reviews by Jacqueline Belwood, Michael Kennedy, and Melvin
Sunquist greatly improved the manuscript. Constructive comments were also provided by Oron Bass,
Deborah Jansen, Thomas Logan, and William Robertson. Rhoda J. Bryant and Dianna Carver (Florida
Museum of Natural History) assisted in manuscript preparation. Ideas, insight, and encouragement were
offered by John F. Eisenberg



 ABBREVIATIONS

Class designations for populations of southeastern U.S. cougars (P. concolor coryi), see
methods for explanation:

HIST historic museum specimens from Florida, including type specimens (pre-
 1950)
RECENT recent museum specimens and living animals from southwestern Florida
 (non-Everglades cats), since 1950
GLADES Everglades individuals (southeast Florida)
PIPER captive specimens from the Piper collection (Everlgades Wonder
 Gardens)
TEST Test animals with no data or of uncertain identity
ARUND historic museum specimens from Louisiana (formerly P. c. arundivaga)
ARK/LA Louisiana and Arkansas specimens acquired within the last 30 years,
 identification to be confirmed.

 TAXONOMIC SYNONOMY OF PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI (BANGS)

Felis concolor floridana Cory, 1896. Hunting and Fishing in Florida, p. 109.
 (name preoccupied by Felis floridana Desmarest, 1820 (=Lynx floridanus
 Rafinesque, 1817). Type from Alapata Flats, north of Lake Okeechobee,
 Florida, FMNH 9255, skin only, M adult, Field Museum of Natural History,
 Chicago. NOTE: Bangs (1898, p. 234) reported the type locality to be north
 of Lake Okeechobee and east of Kissimee River based on conversation with
 Mr. Cory.
Felis coryi Bangs, 1899. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 13:15, Jan. 31 (renaming ofF. c.
 floridana Cory). Type from "wilderness back of Sebastian, Florida, MCZ
 7742, skin and skull, old M adult, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
 University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Collected by F. R. Hunter January 1,
 1898.
Felis arundivaga Hollister, 1911. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 24:176, June 16.
 Type from 12 miles southwest of Vidalia, Concordia Parish, Louisiana,
 USNM 137122, skin and skull, M adult, United States National Museum