Panthera Oken 1816
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Panthera

description: Panthera Oken 1816
Panthera Oken 1816, Lehrb. Naturgesch, 3 (2): 1052.
Type Species: Felis pardus Linnaeus 1758
Synonyms: Jaguarius Severtzov 1858; Leo Frisch 1775; Leonina Greve 1894; Leoninae Wagner 1841; Pardotigris Kretzoi 1929; Pardus Fitzinger 1868; Tigrina Greve 1894; Tigrinae Wagner 1841; Tigris Gray 1843; Tigris Frisch 1775.
Species and subspecies: 4 species with 36 subspecies:
Species Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. leo Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. azandica J. A. Allen 1924
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. bleyenberghi Lönnberg 1914
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. hollisteri J. A. Allen 1924
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. kamptzi Matschie 1900
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. krugeri Roberts 1929
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. massaica Neumann 1900
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. melanochaita C. E. H. Smith 1858
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. nyanzae Heller 1913
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. persica Meyer 1826
Subspecies Panthera leo subsp. senegalensis J. N. von Meyer 1826
Species Panthera onca (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. onca Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. arizonensis Goldman 1932
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. centralis Mearns 1901
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. goldmani Mearns 1901
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. hernandesii J. E. Gray 1857
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. palustris Ameghino 1888
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. paraguensis Hollister 1914
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. peruviana de Blainville 1843
Subspecies Panthera onca subsp. veraecruscis Nelson and Goldman 1933
Species Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. pardus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. delacouri Pocock 1930
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. fusca Meyer 1794
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. japonensis J. E. Gray 1862
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. kotiya Deraniyagala 1956
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. melas G. Cuvier 1809
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. nimr Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833
Subspecies Panthera pardus subsp. orientalis Schlegel 1857
Species Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758)
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. tigris Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. altaica Temminck 1844
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. amoyensis Hilzheimer 1905
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. balica Schwarz 1912
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. corbetti Mazak 1968
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. sondaica Temminck 1844
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. sumatrae Pocock 1929
Subspecies Panthera tigris subsp. virgata Illiger 1815
Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997). Revised by Hemmer (1966, 1968, 1974). Panthera Oken, 1816, has been ruled available (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1985 c). Includes Tigris following Pocock (1916 b, 1929). Van Gelder (1977 b) included Panthera as a synonym of Felis.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 546, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519