Pantherinae (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pantherinae is the subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis. The divergence of Pantherinae from Felinae has been ranked between six and ten Ma. Recent DNA evidence suggests Uncia uncia or the Snow Leopard is basal to the entire Pantherinae and should be renamed Panthera uncia. There is also evidence of distinct markers for the mitochondrial genome for Felidae.Another DNA based study has suggested that the branching order was Panthera tigris first, followed by Panthera onca, Panthera leo and last two sister species Panthera pardus and Panthera uncia. Additional work will be required to resolve this issue.