Subspecies and Distribution. P. o. onca Linnaeus, 1758 — Amazon and Orinoco basin rainforests. P.o. arizonensis Goldman, 1932 — SW USA (Arizona) to NW Mexico (Sonora). P. o. centralis Mearns, 1901 — Nicaragua to Colombia. P. o. goldmani Mearns, 1901 — Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico S to Belize and N Honduras. P. o. hernandesi Gray, 1857 — W Mexico (S Sonora to Oaxaca). P. o. palustris Ameghino, 1888 — S Brazil S through Uruguay to N Argentina (the Rio Negro in Chaco province). P. o. paraguensis Hollister, 1914 — Paraguay. P. o. peruviana de Blainville, 1843 — coastal regions of Ecuador and Peru. P.o. veraecrucis Nelson & Goldman, 1933 — S USA (C Texas, now extinct) to SE Mexico (Chiapas). in Felidae

Subspecies and Distribution. P. o. onca Linnaeus, 1758 — Amazon and Orinoco basin rainforests. P.o. arizonensis Goldman, 1932 — SW USA (Arizona) to NW Mexico (Sonora). P. o. centralis Mearns, 1901 — Nicaragua to Colombia. P. o. goldmani Mearns, 1901 — Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico S to Belize and N Honduras. P. o. hernandesi Gray, 1857 — W Mexico (S Sonora to Oaxaca). P. o. palustris Ameghino, 1888 — S Brazil S through Uruguay to N Argentina (the Rio Negro in Chaco province). P. o. paraguensis Hollister, 1914 — Paraguay. P. o. peruviana de Blainville, 1843 — coastal regions of Ecuador and Peru. P.o. veraecrucis Nelson & Goldman, 1933 — S USA (C Texas, now extinct) to SE Mexico (Chiapas).