Quote Originally Posted by RandyRemington View Post
Does anyone here know the history of the champagne mutation? I've heard they are called puma in Europe (we have a different puma in US that seems to be between superstripe and ivory). Does that mean they where first captive bred in Europe? How old are the oldest females?

I've thought a good book for someone well connected to write would be with pictures and history of all the morph founders while most are probably still alive. Someday I’ll have one and be nice to see pictures of his progenitor.
It looks like EB Noah in Africa has credit for "introducing" the animal. I think what may have happened is that a clutch with champagnes in it hatched in Ghana and at the time they were likely an unnamed new mutation. Different offspring were then most likely sold to breeders in America where they were named Champagne, and in Europe where they were named Puma. That is the best explanation I can come up with given the information I was able to find on the origins of the mutation.

Randy, do you have a link to a picture of the American Puma you described?