The quon algebra describes particles, ``quons,'' that are neither fermions nor bosons. The parameter
q attached to a quon labels a smooth interpolation between bosons (
q=+1) and fermions ( $q\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\ensuremath{-}1$). Wigner and Ehrenfest and Oppenheimer showed that a composite system of identical bosons and fermions is a fermion if it contains an odd number of fermions and is a boson otherwise. We generalize this and show that
qcomposite=qconstituentn2 for a system of
n identical quons. Using this generalization, we find bounds on possible violations of the Pauli exclusion principle for nucleons and quarks based on such bounds for nuclei.