Taxon profile

genus

Panthera Oken, 1816

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals » order Carnivora - carnivores » family Felidae - cats » subfamily Pantherinae

Scientific synonyms

Uncia Gray, 1854

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Included taxa

Number of records: 15

species Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lion

species Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Jaguar

species Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Leopard
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene – recent

species Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tiger

species Panthera uncia (von Schreber, 1775) - Snow Leopard

Fossil taxa

species Panthera atrox (Leidy, 1853) - American Lion ^†
Quaternary: Chibanian – Upper Pleistocene

species Panthera blytheae Tseng, Wang, Slater, Takeuchi, Li, Liu & Xie, 2013 ^†
Tertiary: Upper Miocene – Zanclean

species Panthera crassidens Broom, 1948 ^† ^inc.sed.
Tertiary: Piacenzian – Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

species Panthera gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi, 1938) - European Jaguar ^†
Tertiary: Piacenzian – Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

species Panthera palaeosinensis (Zdansky, 1924) ^†
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

species Panthera schaubi (Hemmer, 1965) - Schaub's Panther ^†
Tertiary: Piacenzian

species Panthera schreuderi Von Koenigswald, 1960 ^†
Tertiary: Piacenzian – Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene

species Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) - Eurasian Cave Lion ^†
Quaternary: Chibanian – Upper Pleistocene

species Panthera zdanskyi Mazák, Christiansen & Kitchener, 2011 - Longdan tiger ^†
Tertiary: Piacenzian

Hybrids

hybrid Panthera leo × Panthera tigris - Liger

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1330102]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Panthera Oken, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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