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Genomic ancestry of the American puma (Puma concolor).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Culver M, Johnson W E, Pecon-Slattery J, O'Brien S J
Abstract excerpt
Puma concolor, a large American cat species, occupies the most extensive range of any New World terrestrial mammal, spanning 110 degrees of latitude from the Canadian Yukon to the Straits of Magellan. Until the recent Holocene, pumas coexisted with a diverse array of carnivores including the American lion (Panthera atrox), the North American cheetah (Miracynonyx trumani), and the saber toothed tiger (Smilodon...
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