Panthera

Panthera is a genus in the family Felidae that was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816, who placed all spotted cats in the group. The genus consists of the tiger (P. tigris), lion (P. leo), leopard (P. pardus), the jaguar (P. onca), and the snow leopard (P. uncia). The tiger, lion, leopard, and jaguar are the only cat species with the anatomical structure that makes them roar. The snow leopard cannot roar is that it was assumed to be the incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone.