Editing Panthera (section)

{{Short description|Genus within Felidae}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Distinguish|Pantera}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Panthera''
| fossil_range = {{geological range|Pliocene|Present|refs=<ref name="Mazák2011"/>}}
| image = 4panthera3.0.png
| image_caption = From top to bottom: [[tiger]], [[lion]], [[jaguar]], [[leopard]], [[snow leopard]]
| taxon = Panthera
| authority = [[Lorenz Oken|Oken]], 1816<ref name="MSW3">{{MSW3 Wozencraft |id=14000227 |pages=546–548 |heading=Genus ''Panthera''}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[[Leopard|Felis pardus]]''<br/>(= ''Panthera pardus'')
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]<ref name="MSW3"/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Linked species list
  |{{extinct}}Panthera atrox|(Leidy, 1853)
  |{{extinct}}Panthera balamoides|Stinnesbeck ''et al.'', 2019
  |{{extinct}}Panthera dhokpathanensis|Bakr, 1986
  |{{extinct}}Panthera fossilis|(Reichenau, 1906)
  |{{extinct}}Panthera gombaszoegensis|(Kretzoi, 1938)
  |Panthera leo|(Linnaeus, 1758)
  |Panthera onca|(Linnaeus, 1758)
  |{{extinct}}Panthera palaeosinensis|(Zdansky, 1924)
  |Panthera pardus|(Linnaeus, 1758)
  |{{extinct}}Panthera principialis|Hemmer, 2023
  |{{extinct}}Panthera shawi|(Broom, 1948)
  |{{extinct}}Panthera spelaea|(Goldfuss, 1810)
  |Panthera tigris|(Linnaeus, 1758)
  |Panthera uncia|(Schreber, 1775)
  |{{extinct}}Panthera youngi|Pei, 1934
  |{{extinct}}Panthera zdanskyi|Mazák, Christiansen & Kitchener, 2011
  }}
| synonyms = {{collapsible list |title=About 10 |titlestyle=text-align:center; font-weight:normal; |bullets=y
 |''Jaguarius'' <small>[[Nikolai Severtzov|Severtzov]], 1858</small>
 |''Leo'' <small>Frisch, 1775</small>
 |''Leonina'' <small>Greve, 1894</small>
 |''Leoninae'' <small>[[Johann Andreas Wagner|Wagner]], 1841</small>
 |''Pardotigris'' <small>Kretzoi, 1929</small>
 |''Pardus'' <small>[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1868</small>
 |''Tigrina'' <small>Greve, 1894</small>
 |''Tigrinae'' <small>Wagner, 1841</small>
 |''Tigris'' <small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1843</small>
 |''Tigris'' <small>Frisch, 1775</small>
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="MSW3"/>
}}

'''''Panthera'''''{{notetag|{{IPAc-en|'|p|ae|n|T|ə|r|ə|,_|p|ae|n|'|T|i:|r|ə}} {{respell|PAN|thə|rə|,_|pan|THEE|rə}}<ref name="Collins">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Panthera |encyclopedia=[[Collins Dictionary]] |year=2005 |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/panthera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Eons|2021|ref=Eons2021|loc=1:30}}, spoken by Kallie Moore</ref>}} is a [[genus]] within the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Felidae]], and one of two extant genera in the subfamily [[Pantherinae]]. It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the [[jaguar]], [[leopard]], [[lion]], [[snow leopard]] and [[tiger]]. Numerous extinct species are also named, including the [[Panthera spelaea|cave lion]] and [[American lion]].