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


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1 Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Akurdi, Pune 411 044, India
     

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

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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