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Panthera leo (lion)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Felis leo Linnaeus p. 41
1873Felis imperialis Leidy p. 260
1902Felis imperialis Hay p. 782
1911Felis leo Thomas p. 135
1968Felis leo Kurten p. 85
1980Panthera leo Kurten and Anderson p. 191
1991Panthera leo Jefferson
2006Panthera leo Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Panthera leo Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusPantheraOken 1816
speciesleo()

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 leo Linnaeus 1758 [lion]
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Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853
Invalid names: Felis imperialis Leidy 1873 [synonym], Panthera onca mesembrina Cabrera 1934 [synonym]
Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available