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Taxonomy
Felis onca was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Panthera onca by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson (1991), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was recombined as Panthera onca by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson (1991), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Felis onca Linnaeus p. 42 |
| 1872 | Felis augustus Leidy p. 39 |
| 1873 | Felis augustus Leidy p. 227 |
| 1880 | Uncia augusta Cope p. 858 |
| 1899 | Iemish listai Roth |
| 1902 | Felis augustus Hay p. 782 |
| 1904 | Felis listai Roth |
| 1911 | Felis onca Thomas p. 136 |
| 1919 | Felis veronis Hay |
| 1941 | Panthera onca augusta Simpson |
| 1954 | Panthera (Jaguarius) augusta McCrady et al. p. 510 |
| 1966 | Panthera onca augusta Slaughter p. 483 |
| 1980 | Panthera onca Kurten and Anderson p. 192 |
| 1991 | Panthera onca Jefferson |
| 2006 | Panthera onca Johnson et al. p. 74 |
| 2017 | Panthera onca Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 70 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 [jaguar]
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Invalid names: Felis augustus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Felis listai Roth 1899 [synonym], Felis veronis Hay 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available