Panthera
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
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.
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Evolution
- Classification
- Contemporary species
- Extinct species and subspecies
- Phylogeny
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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 ().