Specify the name to head the taxobox if not the scientific name, the genus, species and subspecies scientific names. If the species article is not at the scientific name, you can specify the article name to avoid a redirect.
{{Subspeciesbox
| name = Bengal tiger
| genus = Panthera
| species = tigris
| species_link = Tiger
| subspecies = tigris
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)
}}
Shown as if on a page with the title "Lion". The extinct status of the subspecies must be specified, as it is not otherwise known. (Any nonblank value for |extinct= means "extinct".)
{{Subspeciesbox
| fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]], {{fossil range|0.34|0.011}}
| genus = Panthera
| species = leo
| subspecies = atrox
| extinct = true
| species link = Lion
| authority = [[Joseph Leidy|Leidy]], 1853
}}
The extinct status of the subspecies must be specified, as it is not otherwise known. Here a year is specified as the value of |extinct= and is then shown in the "Conservation status" box.
{{Subspeciesbox
| name = Pinta Island tortoise
| status = EX
| extinct = 2015
| genus = Chelonoidis
| species = nigra
| species_link = Galápagos tortoise
| subspecies = abingdonii
| authority = ([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1877)
}}
