Panthera blytheae is an extinct species of the Panthera genus that is believed to have existed approximately 4.1-5.95 million years ago, during the late Messinian to early Zanclean ages. It is currently the oldest known species in the Panthera genus. The first fossil of Panthera blytheae was in 2010 by Jack Tseng et al. of the American Museum of Natural History, in the Zanda Basin, located in the Tibetan Plateau.