Reproductive management of large captive felidae (Panthera spp

Abstract

The initial radiation in the rise of modern felids occurred as a result of the divergence of the Panthera lineage 10.8 million years ago in Asia (Johnson et al., 2006). Fossil evidence from the Zanda Basin of the north-western Himalaya Range, an area still occupied by descendants of this lineage, further pinpoints the geographical origins of the pantherine cats (Tseng et al., 2014).