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English: Size comparison of Panthera fossilis an extinct lion, compared to a human. Size estimation based off of "From giant to dwarf: A trend of decreasing size in Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) and its likely implications" by Adrian Marciszak and Wiktoria Gornig published in Earth History and Biodiversity in September 2024.
Remains of P. fossilis indicate that it was larger than the modern lion and was among the largest known cats ever, with the largest specimens suggested to have a body length of 2.5–2.9 metres (8.2–9.5 ft), shoulder height of 1.4–1.5 metres (4.6–4.9 ft) and body mass of 400–500 kilograms (880–1,100 lb). [5]
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Panthera is a genus within the 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, as well as a number of extinct species, including the cave lion and American lion.
Leopard (Panthera pardus), found in Africa and Asia Black panther , a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar Cougar , a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera that is native to the Americas.With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.
The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the Panthera species, [2] but later also came to include the clouded leopards (genus Neofelis).
The ancestor of the lion, leopard, and jaguar split from other big cats from 4.3–3.8 Ma. Between 3.6 and 2.5 Ma, the jaguar diverged from the ancestor of lions and leopards. Lions and leopards split from one another approximately 2 Ma. [9] The earliest big cat fossil, Panthera blytheae, dating to 4.1−5.95 MA, was discovered in southwest ...