Panthera

Panthera
Temporal range:
From top to bottom: tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Oken, 1816[2]
Type species
Felis pardus
(= Panthera pardus)
Species
Synonyms[2]
About 10
  • Jaguarius Severtzov, 1858
  • Leo Frisch, 1775
  • Leonina Greve, 1894
  • Leoninae Wagner, 1841
  • Pardotigris Kretzoi, 1929
  • Pardus Fitzinger, 1868
  • Tigrina Greve, 1894
  • Tigrinae Wagner, 1841
  • Tigris Gray, 1843
  • Tigris Frisch, 1775

Panthera[note 1] is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae. It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger. Numerous extinct species are also named, including the cave lion and American lion.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mazák2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genus Panthera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 546–548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ "Panthera". Collins Dictionary. Penguin Random House. 2005.
  4. ^ Eons 2021, 1:30, spoken by Kallie Moore


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