Panthera palaeosinensis was an early Pleistocene species from northern China.

It is often incorrectly referenced as the ancestor of the tiger, Panthera tigris, although it shares features with all living large cats.

[1][2] Panthera palaeosinensis was first described in 1924 as Felis paleosinensis by Otto Zdansky in his work "Jungtertiäre Carnivoren Chinas".

As of 2025, at least three recent studies considered Panthera zdanskyi likely to be a synonym of P. palaeosinensis, noting that its proposed differences from that species fell within the range of individual variation.

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