Panthera
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Panthera is a genus o the faimily Felidae (cats), that contains fower weel-kent livin species: the teeger, the lion, the jaguar, an the leopard. The genus comprises aboot hauf o the Pantherinae subfaimily, the big cats. The wird panther, whiles technically referrin tae aw memmers o the genus, is commonly uised tae specifically designate the black panther, a melanistic jaguar or leopard, an the Florida panther, a subspeshie o cougar (Puma concolor coryi).
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Panthera[1] | |
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Radial bane o Panthera fossilis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Faimily: | Felidae |
Subfaimily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera Oken, 1816 |
Teep species | |
Felis pardus[2] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Extant species | |
Panthera tigris |
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