Evolution thumb|right|Fossil skull of P. o. augusta The Panthera lineage is estimated to have genetically diverged from the common ancestor of the Felidae around to . Some genetic analyzes place the jaguar as a sister species to the lion with which it diverged , but other studies place the lion closer to the leopard.
Evolution thumb|right|Fossil skull of P. o. augusta The Panthera lineage is estimated to !have genetically diverged from t:he comm,on ancestor of the Felidae around to . Som.e genetic analyzes place the jaguar as a sister species to the lion with which it diverged , but other studies place the lion closer to the leopard.