Pantherinae

Pantherinae is a subfamily within the family Felidae, which was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917.[2] The Pantherinae and the Felinae diverged from a common ancestor between 10.8 and 11.5 million years ago.[3][4]

For the biological tribe of moths formerly known as Pantheridae or Pantherini, see Abraxini. For the psychoactive mushroom toxin sometimes called pantherine, see Muscimol.

Pantherinae[1] Temporal range: Late Miocene to Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pantherinae subfamily members (from left): jaguar, leopard, lion, tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Pantherinae Pocock, 1917
Genera
Neofelis Panthera

Characteristics

The members of the Pantherinae have an imperfectly ossified suspensorium of the hyoid apparatus. It is connected to the base of the base skull by an elastic tendon, which provides mobility to the larynx.[2] They have a single rounded vocal fold with a thick mucosal lining, a large vocalis muscle and a large cricothyroid muscle with long and narrow membranes. The vocal fold is longer than 9 mm (0.35 in). This structure of the larynx enables them to roar.[5]

Their rhinarium is flat and, at most, only barely reaches the dorsal side of the nose. The area between the nostrils is narrow and not extended sidewards as in the Felinae.[6]

Evolution

The divergence of Pantherinae from Felinae has been estimated to have occurred between six and ten million years ago.[7] DNA analysis suggests that the snow leopard Uncia uncia is basal to the entire Pantherinae and should be renamed Panthera uncia. There is also evidence of distinct markers for the mitochondrial genome for Felidae.[8][9]

Results of a DNA-based study indicate that the tiger (Panthera tigris) branched off first, followed by the jaguar (P. onca), the lion (P. leo), then the leopard (P. pardus) and snow leopard (P. uncia).[10] The oldest known skull, dated to 2.16 to 2.55 mya, belongs to the Longdan tiger (Panthera zdanskyi), which is seen as a sister species to the modern tiger.[11]

Felis pamiri, formerly referred to as Metailurus, is now considered a probable relative of extant Pantherinae.[12]

Classification

Pocock originally defined the Pantherinae as comprising the genera Panthera and Uncia.[2]

Living genera

The following table shows the extant taxa within the Pantherinae, grouped according to the traditional phenotypical classification.[13]

Genus	Species	IUCN Red List status and distribution
Panthera Oken, 1816[14]	Tiger (P. tigris) (Linnaeus, 1758)[15]	EN[16]
	Lion (P. leo) (Linnaeus, 1758)[17]	VU[18]
	Jaguar (P. onca) (Linnaeus, 1758)[19]	NT[20]
	Leopard (P. pardus) (Linnaeus, 1758)[21]	VU[22]
	Snow leopard (P. uncia) (Schreber, 1775)[23]	VU[24]
Neofelis Gray, 1867[25]	Clouded leopard (N. nebulosa) (Griffith, 1821)[26]	VU[27]
	Sunda clouded leopard (N. diardi) (Cuvier, 1823)[28]	VU[29]

Fossil taxa

• †Panthera gombaszoegensis
• †Panthera shawi
• †Panthera spelaea
• †Panthera atrox
• †Panthera palaeosinensis
• †Panthera zdanskyi[11]
• †Panthera blytheae
• †Panthera youngi

See also

• Big cat
• List of felids

References

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External links

• Choi, C. Q. (2011). "World's Oldest Tiger Species Discovered". Live Science. Retrieved 2019-06-30.