Taxa

Panthera

Genus

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Panthera." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-panthera.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Panthera. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-panthera

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-panthera,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Panthera},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-panthera},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The 'big cats': the only cat genus in which most species are capable of a true roar, owing to a specialized, incompletely ossified hyoid bone in the throat. Panthera includes the lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard and snow leopard.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

5 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Genus 1

Scientific Name

Panthera 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Child Taxon Of

Felidae

Source Catalogue of Life

Sources

1. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source

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