Puma

Description: Plate VIII: "Distribution.- America; from British Columbia and Maine in the North to the Straits of Magellan in the south?In the Andes it is reported to range as high as 9000 feet above sea level. Habits.- As the Jaguar in South America has usurped the name of the Tiger, so the Puma is commonly called by the Europeans in the same country the Lion (Leon of the Spanish), although the natives always call it my its proper name of Puma, in which, by the way, the u should be pronounces as oo....American Lion....Panther..."painter"....(and) Cougar...likewise in common use."