Pantherinae
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Pantherinae[1]
Fossil range: Late Miocene to Recent
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Pocock, 1917
Genera

Neofelis
Panthera
Uncia

Pantherinae is the subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis.[1] The divergence of Pantherinae from Felinae has been ranked between six and ten Ma[2].

Species

References

  1. ^ a b c Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 545-548. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Johnson, W.E., Eizirik, E., Pecon-Slattery, J., Murphy, W.J., Antunes, A., Teeling, E. & O'Brien, S.J. (2006). "The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment" (abstract). Science 311: 73–77. doi:10.1126/science.1122277. PMID 16400146. 
  3. ^ Kitchener, A., et al. (2006-12-05). "Geographical Variation in the Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa, Reveals Two Species". Current Biology 16 (23): 2377–2383. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.066. 
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