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 5 living species, the tiger, jaguar, lion, leopard and snow leopard and 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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