Panthera Temporal range: Late Miocene – Present
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From top to bottom: tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera Oken, 1816[1] |
Type species | |
Felis pardus (= Panthera pardus) | |
Species | |
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Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, it is one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae, and contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger, as well as a number of extinct species.
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