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