A Checklist of Asian Pantherinae (Mammalia : Carnivora: Felidae :Pantherinae)

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  • P. S. Bhatnagar
     Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Akurdi, Pune 411 044 ,IN

Abstract

India has a total of 390 mammal species of the world total of 4309 species (Alfred, Das and Sanyal, 1998). The subfamily Pantherinae diverged from Felinae between 6 and 10 million years ago (Johnson et al., 2006). It has three genera namely Panthera, Neofelis and Uncia. Members of this mammalia subfamily facing threats due to habitat loss and poaching for use of various body parts in trade. A checklist of seven species belonging to the Subfamily Pantherinae for the Asian region is provided herein based on Wilson and Reder (1993). Other works such as Corbet and Hill (1992) are also consulted as the reference literature.

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2012-06-01

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Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2012

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Short Communication

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Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E.1992. The mammals of the Indo-Malayan Region. Oxford University Press.

Johnson, W. E., Eizirik, E., Pecon-Slattery, J., Murphy, W. J., Antunes, A., Teeling, E. and O’ Brien, S. J. 2006. The late Miocene radiation of sub-family Felidae : A genetic assessment (Abstract) . Science, 311 (5757) : 73 – 77.

Wilson, D. E. and Reeder, D. M. 1993. Mammal species of the world. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington and London.