NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Panthera
  Subfamily - Pantherinae
  Family - Felidae
  Suborder - Feliformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Panthera leo persica
      Subspecies - Panthera leo leo
      Subspecies - Panthera leo azandica
      Subspecies - Panthera leo bleyenberghi
      Subspecies - Panthera leo krugeri
      Subspecies - Panthera leo melanochaita
      Subspecies - Panthera leo senegalensis
      Subspecies - Panthera leo nubica