"Big cats" are living members of the genus Panthera. There are five big cat species, including lions and tigers. They are found on most continents — including Africa, Asia and South America ...

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There are seven big cats that most people know about. Five of them belong to the Panthera group, but the cheetah and the cougar come from different families.

At 59kg on average, leopards are the smallest of the big cats within the genus Panthera (which includes lions, tigers and jaguars), but they are also the most adaptable.

Wyoming’s mountain lions aren’t lions in the true scientific sense. African lions are classified among “roaring cats,” while ...

Andrew B. Stein, Virginia Hayssen, Panthera pardus (Carnivora: Felidae), Mammalian Species, Vol. 45, No. 900 (12 June 2013), pp. 30-48 ...

And it also shows that big cats branched off much earlier---about 10.8 million years ago, as opposed to the earlier estimate of 3.8 million. The 5-million-year-old P. blytheae fossils are the oldest ...

ABSTRACT Jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor) are declining in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest because of anthropogenic threats (e.g., habitat loss, depletion of prey, human persecution).

This year’s theme “Big Cats — Predators Under Threat” is relevant to Pakistan as the country is home to two endangered big cats, namely the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and common leopard ...