The cat family, scientifically known as Felidae with its 41 members, the Felids, is divided into 2 subfamilies: big cats respectively Pantherinae and small cats respectively Felinae. This chapter introduces the members from the Panthera family - the Pantherini or the so-called roaring cats.

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Pantherinae

The PANTHERA family

This group of cat family comprises 2 genera with a total of 7 species.

Let's examine them one by one now...

Panthera Line

The Pantherini branch comprises 5 species, which are the largest members of the cat kingdome...

    • Let's take a closer look to the sister branch of the big cats - the NEOFELINI or the so-called CLOUDED CATS...

    Neofelis Line

    The East Asian sister group later split off and has 2 species.

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