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Eastern cougar
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Scientific classification
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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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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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