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Also known as panther, panthers

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. Numerous extinct species are also named, including the cave lion and American lion.

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Panthera is a genus of large wild cats that includes five living species: the tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, and snow leopard, making it home to the biggest cats alive today. This group matters because these powerful predators play important roles in ecosystems around the world and represent some of nature's most iconic animals.

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Species

Lion

Animalia

KINGDOM

KingdomAnimalia

Conservationvulnerable

Observations23,261

Observations recorded3,012,139,120

豹属（英语：Panthera）包括四种著名的大型貓科动物：狮 - Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)：分布於非洲和亞洲。虎 - Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)：分布於亞洲。美洲豹 - Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758)：分布於北美洲和南美洲。豹 - Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758)：分布於非洲和亞洲。和其他貓科動物比較，只有這四種貓科動物有吼嘯的能力。其他豹属的大型貓科动物，尚有：雪豹 - Panthera uncia 或 Uncia uncia (Linnaeus, 1775)

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Research

3,013 papers

Neoplasia in Captive Panthera Species.Journal of comparative pathology · 2019Kloft HM, Ramsay EC, Sula MMDOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2018.10.178
Systemic histiocytic disorder in a jaguar (Panthera onca).Journal of comparative pathology · 2023Guizelini CC, Pupin RC, Santos IR et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.06.004
Genome report: chromosome-level draft assemblies of the snow leopard, African leopard, and tiger (Panthera uncia, Panthera pardus pardus, and Panthera tigris).G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Armstrong EE, Campana MG, Solari KA et al.DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac277
The African Leopard, Panthera Pardus.Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2024Miner TDOI: 10.1177/10806032241248625
Congenital glaucoma in a tiger (Panthera tigris).Veterinary ophthalmology · 2023Dianis AE, Pinard CL, Pagliarani S et al.DOI: 10.1111/vop.13110
Dietary similarity among jaguars (Panthera onca) in a high-density population.PloS one · 2022Foster RJ, Harmsen BJDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274891
Can jaguar (Panthera onca) ovulate without copulation?Theriogenology · 2020Jorge-Neto PN, Luczinski TC, Araújo GR et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.02.026
Exposure of Wild Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) to Canine Distemper Virus.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2021Mulia BH, Mariya S, Bodgener J et al.DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00144

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taxon name: Panthera
Commons category: Panthera
taxon common name: ヒョウ属
start time: 5950000-00

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Contemporary species
Extinct species and subspecies
Phylogeny
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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. Numerous extinct species are also named, including the cave lion and American lion.

==Etymology== The word derives from Classical Latin , itself from the Ancient Greek ().

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Carnivora genera Cite IUCN without doi Extant Miocene first appearances Panthera Taxa described in 1816 Taxa named by Lorenz Oken