Panthera - Species, Subspecies, and Populations - Taxa

Taxa

(Extinct species and subspecies are indicated with the symbol †)

  • Genus Panthera
    • Panthera atrox - American lion or North American cave lion †
    • Panthera crassidens (probably identical with another felid taxon) †
    • Panthera gombaszoegensis (European jaguar) †
    • Panthera leo (lion)
      • Panthera leo spelaea - Eurasian cave lion †
      • Panthera leo azandica - North East Congo lion
      • Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Southwest African Lion or Katanga lion
      • Panthera leo europaea - European lion †
      • Panthera leo fossilis - Early Middle Pleistocene European cave lion †
      • Panthera leo hollisteri - Congo lion
      • Panthera leo kamptzi
      • Panthera leo krugeri - Transvaal Lion, South African Lion, or Southeast African lion
      • Panthera leo leo - Barbary lion, Biblical lion, Middle Eastern lion; extinct in the wild
      • Panthera leo melanochaita - Cape lion †
      • Panthera leo massaica - Masai lion
      • Panthera leo nubica - East African lion - synonym for P. leo, not a subspecies
      • Panthera leo nyanzae
      • Panthera leo persica - Asiatic lion
      • Panthera leo roosevelti - Abyssinian lion - synonym for P. l. massaica, not a subspecies
      • Panthera leo sinhaleyus - Sri Lanka lion or Ceylon lion. †
      • Panthera leo somaliensis - Somali lion - synonym for P. leo, not a subspecies
      • Panthera leo senegalensis - West African lion, or Senegal lion
      • Panthera leo vereshchagini - East Siberian and Beringian cave lion †
      • Panthera leo verneyi - Kalahari lion - currently no synonym
    • Panthera onca (jaguar)
      • Panthera onca arizonensis
      • Panthera onca centralis
      • Panthera onca goldmani
      • Panthera onca hernandesii
      • Panthera onca onca
      • Panthera onca palustris
      • Panthera onca paraguensis
      • Panthera onca peruviana
      • Panthera onca veracrucis
      • Panthera onca mesembrina - Pleistocene South American jaguar †
      • Panthera onca augusta - Pleistocene North American jaguar†
    • Panthera palaeosinensis (Pleistocene pantherine - probably ancestral to the tiger) †
    • Panthera pardoides (a primitive pantherine - probably identical with Panthera schaubi) †
    • Panthera pardus (leopard)
      • Panthera pardus adersi (Zanzibar leopard) - synonym for P. p. pardus, not a subspecies
      • Panthera pardus delacouri (Indo-Chinese leopard)
      • Panthera pardus fusca (Indian leopard)
      • Panthera pardus jarvesi (Judean Desert leopard) - not even a synonym
      • Panthera pardus japonensis (North China leopard)
      • Panthera pardus jarvisi (Sinai leopard) - synonym for P. p. nimr, not a subspecies
      • Panthera pardus kotiya (Sri Lanka leopard)
      • Panthera pardus melas (Java leopard)
      • Panthera pardus nimr (Arabian leopard)
      • Panthera pardus orientalis (Amur leopard)
      • Panthera pardus panthera (Barbary leopard) - synonym for P. p. pardus, not a subspecies
      • Panthera pardus pardus (African leopard)
      • Panthera pardus pernigra (Nepalese leopard) - synonym for P. p. fusca, not a subspecies
      • Panthera pardus saxicolor (Persian leopard)
      • Panthera pardus sickenbergi (European leopard) †
      • Panthera pardus tulliana (Anatolian leopard)
    • Panthera (Viretailurus) schaubi (Owen's panther † - may not be a pantherine)
    • Panthera schreuderi (prehistoric felid † - probably junior synonym of European jaguar )
    • Panthera tigris (tiger)
      • Panthera tigris altaica (Siberian tiger)
      • Panthera tigris amoyensis (South China tiger)
      • Panthera tigris balica (Balinese tiger) †
      • Panthera tigris corbetti (Indochinese tiger)
      • Panthera tigris jacksoni (Malayan tiger)
      • Panthera tigris sondaica (Javan tiger) †
      • Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran tiger)
      • Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger)
      • Panthera tigris trinilensis (Trinil tiger) †
      • Panthera tigris virgata (Caspian tiger) †
    • Panthera toscana (Tuscany lion or Tuscany jaguar † - probably junior synonym of European jaguar)
    • Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia (Snow leopard)
    • Panthera youngi (a prehistoric Chinese lion-like felid) †
    • Panthera zdanskyi

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