Pantherinae
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| Pantherinae[1] Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent |
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| Tiger (Panthera tigris) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantherinae Pocock, 1917 |
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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 million years ago.[2] 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.[3][4]
Another DNA based study has suggested that the branching order was Panthera tigris first, followed by Panthera onca, Panthera leo, and the last two sister species: Panthera pardus and Panthera uncia.[5]
[edit] Species
- Subfamily Pantherinae[1][6]
- Genus Panthera
- Genus Neofelis
- Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi)
- Genus Uncia
- Snow leopard (Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 545–548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ 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 (5757): 73–77. doi:10.1126/science.1122277. PMID 16400146. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5757/73.
- ^ Lei Wei, Xiaobing Wu and Zhigang Jiang (2008) The complete mitochondrial genome structure of snow leopard Panthera uncia Molecular Biology Reports 36(5): 871–878. doi:10.1007/s11033-008-9257-9
- ^ Li Yu, Qing-wei Li, Ryder, O.A., Ya-ping Zhang (2004) Phylogenetic relationships within mammalian order Carnivora indicated by sequences of two nuclear DNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 694–705
- ^ Yu L, Zhang YP. (2005) Phylogenetic studies of pantherine cats (Felidae) based on multiple genes, with novel application of nuclear beta fibrinogen intron 7 to carnivores. Molecular Phylogenetetic Evolution 35(2): 483–495
- ^ 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. PMID 17141621.
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