Roaring Cats 🐾
Species Profile
Panthera
Roaring Cats
Panthera is a genus within the Felidae family that was named and first described by the German naturalist Oken in 1816. The British taxonomist Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the species lion, tiger, jaguar, and leopard on the basis of cranial features. Results of genetic analysis indicate that the snow leopard also belongs to the Panthera , a classification that was accepted by IUCN assessors in 2008.
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