The Panthera cats are the most well-known of the big cats and are often in the international news. The five wild cats in the Panthera genus are the Snow Leopards and Tigers of Asia; the Jaguars of South America and the Lions and Leopards of Africa.
Here is some interesting news about these magnificent cats published during August and September 2024:
Snow Leopards in the News (Panthera uncia)
This Artist Compares The Sizes Of Extinct Species With Their Modern Relatives
Bored Panda
The Modern Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) and the Extinct Chinese Panthera (Panthera palaeosinensis) ...
Tigers in the News (Panthera tigris)
BKSDA deploys tiger traps to address recent incidents in N. Bengkulu (Sumatra, Indonesia)
ANTARA News
Jauhari explained that the tiger traps were set up in response to public reports of Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) entering residential ...
Bengal Tiger to Blackbuck: 5 endangered species in India | Knowledge News
News9live
The Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies and is among the biggest wild cats alive ...
Amur tigers return to Kazakhstan, where their cousins the Caspian tigers once roamed
Down To Earth
The closest living relative of the Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) is the Amur (Panthera tigris altaica), which is why the two individuals ...
Amur tigers arrive in Kazakhstan from the Netherlands
Kazinform
The tigers will live in the Ile Balkhash nature reserve, while their cubs will be released back into the wild ...
Nepal's buffalo-kills-tiger story reveals deeper pains in compensation system
Mongabay
A tethered buffalo killed a Bengal tiger on the fringes of Chitwan National Park in Nepal. The incident highlights lapses in the compensation system ...
Malayan tiger in danger of extinction
thesun.my
PETALING JAYA: The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris malayensis), which is the national symbol, is on the verge of extinction, with only some 150 ...
From birth to weaning: maternal investment, cub development and behaviour in Sumatran tigers
Frontiers
This study monitors nursing and cub grooming behaviours in a first-time mother Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) and her cubs throughout four ...
Thai tigers bounce back from the edge of extinction after capture of high-profile poachers
BBC Wildlife Magazine
Experts say the population of Indochinese tigers has risen from 40 to more than 140 in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex, thanks to long-term conservation and law enforcement efforts ...
Jaguars in the News (Panthera onca)
Colombia voluntary biodiversity credit methodology is first to be approved
Mongabay
This scheme is functional in the Colombian Amazon, where some communities use the jaguar (Panthera onca) as their indicator species and generate ...
This Artist Compares The Sizes Of Extinct Species With Their Modern Relatives
Bored Panda
The Extinct Pleistocene North American Jaguar (Panthera onca augusta) And the Modern South American Jaguar (Panthera onca) ...
Lions in the News (Panthera leo)
7 Extinct Big Cats - A-Z Animals
A-Z Animals
1. Eastern Cougar (Puma concolor couguar) · 2. Saber-Toothed Tiger (Smilodon) · 3. Cave Lion (Panthera leo spelaea) · 4. Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris ...
Caught on camera: Domestic dogs face-off with lions in tense nighttime showdown
Earth Touch News
The video comes from the village of Thordi in the western Indian state of Gujarat, home to the world’s only remaining wild Asiatic lions ...
World Lion Day 2024: They may be on their way out, but captive leonine farming facilities in ...
Down To Earth
There are currently 20,000-25,000 wild African lions (Panthera leo) on the planet. Their numbers declined by around 43 per cent between 1993 and ...
World Lion Day - Increasing Public Awareness Of Protecting Lions - ETV Bharat
ETV Bharat
Lions, or Panthera leo as they are scientifically named, are one of the most famous and identifiable animal species. Their majestic presence is ...
Male and female lions socialize differently throughout their lives, study reveals
Phys.org
Among cats, African lions (Panthera leo) are unique in the extent to which they depend on social acquaintances for many essential processes, such as ...
Leopards in the News (Panthera pardus)
Canine distemper likely infecting & killing Nepal's leopards, study shows
Mongabay
A recent study confirms that canine distemper virus (CDV) is circulating among common leopards (Panthera pardus) in Nepal, causing fatalities; ...
Experts call for urgent leopard conservation efforts in Bangladesh
Mongabay
The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), locally known as chitah bagh in Bangladesh ...
Cub Survival in a Wild Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Population
MDPI
We investigated the survival of cubs in a wild Indian leopard population in the Jhalana Reserve Forest (JRF), India ...
An Island leopard keeping our natural landscapes intact
Daily Mirror
The leopard is a charismatic, wide-ranging and adaptable carnivore, and in Sri Lanka, the endemic sub-species Panthera pardus kotiya, plays the ...
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