Panthera
Genus within Felidae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Panthera (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Pantera.
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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Panthera | |
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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) | |
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