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Pantherinae

(Subfamily)

Overview

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A Subfamily in the Kingdom Animalia.

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Pantherinae is a member of the Family Felidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pantherinae:

The Subfamily Pantherinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Neofelis

The genus Neofelis contains two species, the (N. nebulosa) and the Bornean Clouded Leopard (N. diardi). The latter was only elevated by biologists to the rank of species in 2006; it was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Clouded Leopard. [more]

Panthera

Panthera is a of the family Felidae (the cats), which contains four well-known living species: the Tiger, the Lion, the Jaguar, and the Leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats. One meaning of the word panther is to designate cats of this subfamily. The word derives from Greek pan- ("all") and ther ("beast of prey") because they can hunt and kill almost everything. The Greek word p?????, pánther, referred to all spotted Felidae generically. Although it came into English through the classical languages, some believe panthera could be of East Asian origin, meaning "the yellowish animal," or "whitish-yellow". [more]

Uncia

Uncia can refer to: [more]

Viretailurus

More info about the Genus Viretailurus may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: March 22, 2012
2012/03/22 10:42:19