Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my! Well, Lions and tigers anyway. This page is about the older cousins of our favorite animal- cats.
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubalus) Subspecies: Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) Eastern Africa cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyii) Southern Africa cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) Central Africa cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Subspecies: Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides Cougar (Puma concolor) Also called the puma, mountain lion, Florida panther, red tiger and catamount Subspecies: North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) Northern South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor) Southern South American puma (Puma concolor puma) Argentine puma (Puma concolor cabrerae) Costa Rican cougar (Puma concolor costaricensis) Easter South American cougar (Puma concolor anthonyi) Jaguar (Panthera onca) Subspecies: Mexican jaguar (Panthera. o. hernandesii) Centeral American jaguar (Panthera. o. centralis) Arizonan jaguar (Panthera. o. arizonensis) Central Texas to Southeastern Mexico jaguar (Panthera o. veraecrucis) Goldman’s jaguar (Panthera o. goldmani) Peruvian jaguar (Panthera o. peruviana) Leopard (Panthera pardus) Subspecies: Indian leopard (Panthera p. fusca) African leopard (Panthera p. pardus) Javan leopard (Panthera p. melas) Arabian leopard (Panthera. p. nimr) North Chinese leopard (Panthera. p. japonensis) Persian leopard (Panthera. p. saxicolor) Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera. p. kotiya) Indochinese leopard (Panthera. p. delacouri) Anatolian leopard (Panthera p. tulliana) Balochistan leopard (Panthera. p. sindica) Amur Leopard (Panthera p. orientalis) Also known as the Far Eastern leopard, Korean leopard and Manchurian leopard) Lion (Panthera leo) Subspecies: Asiatic lion (Panthera l. persica) - also called the Gir lion, Indian lion, Persian lion, Eurasian lion. West African lion (Panthera l. senegalensis) Congo lion (Panthera l. azandica) East African lion (Panthera l. nubica) Southwest African lion (Panthera l. bleyenberghi) Southeast African lion (Panthera l. krugeri) Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi) Tiger (Panthera tigris) Subspecies: Amur tiger | Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Indochinese tiger (Panthera t. corbetti) Bengal tiger (Panthera t. tigris) Sumatran tiger (Panthera t. sumatrae) Malayan tiger (Panthera t. jacksoni) South China tiger (Panthera t. amoyensis) |