Puma concolor couguar Kerr, 1792. Puma d'América del Norte (América del Norte hasta'l norte de Nicaragua). Inclúi na so sinonimia les subespecies: arundivaga (Hollister, 1911), aztecus (Merriam, 1901), browni (Merriam, 1903), californica (May, 1896), coryi (Bangs, 1899), floridana (Cory, 1896), hippolestes (Merriam, 1897), improcera (Phillips, 1912), kaibabensis (Nelson & Goldman, 1931), mayensis (Nelson & Goldman, 1929), missoulensis (Goldman, 1943), olympus (Merriam, 1897), oregonensis (Rafinesque, 1832), schorgeri (Jackson, 1955), stanleyana (Goldman, 1938), vancouverensis (Nelson & Goldman, 1932), y youngi (Goldman, 1936).