Panthera leo

Translingual

Etymology

Latin panthera (“leopard”) + leo (“lion”).

Proper noun

Panthera leo f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – lion, of Africa and India.

Hypernyms

• (species): Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; Pantherinae - subfamily; Panthera - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Panthera leo azandica, Panthera leo bleyenberghi, Panthera leo hollisteri, Panthera leo kamptzi, Panthera leo krugeri, Panthera leo leo (Barbary lion), Panthera leo maculatus, Panthera leo nubica, Panthera leo persica, Panthera leo senegalensis, Panthera leo verneyi, Panthera leo nyanzae, Panthera leo roosevelti, Panthera leo somaliensis, (subspecies)
  • †Panthera leo atrox, †Panthera leo europaea, †Panthera leo melanochaita (Cape lion), †Panthera leo sinhaleyus, †Panthera leo spelaea, †Panthera leo vereshchagini (extinct subspecies)

References

• Lion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panthera leo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Panthera leo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia