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Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa. [1] In this part of Africa, lion populations are regionally extinct in Lesotho, Djibouti and Eritrea, and are threatened by loss of habitat and prey base, killing by local people in retaliation for loss of livestock, and in several countries also by trophy hunting. [2]
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har: Title character of the 1962 Hanna-Barbera animated series. Martin Wild Kratts: A lion cub who was named by Aviva after he fell into blue paint. Mufasa: The Lion King/The Lion King: Simba's father. The first Lion King of Pride Rock featured. Killed by Scar half way in the film.
A lion from Constantine, Algeria, was the type specimen for the specific name Felis leo used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [11] In the 19th and 20th centuries, several lion zoological specimens from Africa and Asia were described and proposed as subspecies:
"Felis" alone is the genus name for the group that includes the domestic cat. Examples: Dinofelis ("terrible cat"); Eofelis ("dawn cat"); Pardofelis ("leopard cat")-form, -formes: Pronunciation: /foʊrm/, /foʊrms/. Origin: Latin: forma. Meaning: shape, form. Used for large groups of animals that share similar characteristics; also used in ...
In 1810, a fossil skull from the cave was given the scientific name Felis spelaea by Georg August Goldfuss. [6] It possibly dates to the Last Glacial Period. [7] [1] [4] Several anatomical studies of remains of Panthera spelaea were conducted during the early-mid 19th century, who generally agreed that the species had lion affinities. [4]
Dr. Strangelove (film of the same name) – former Nazi scientist who was the scientific advisor to the President of the United States during the brink of apocalypse; Dr. Alexander Thorkel (Dr. Cyclops) Dr. Richard Vollin ; Dr. Eric Vornoff (Bride of the Monster) Dr. Herbert West (Herbert West–Reanimator and Re-Animator)
Characters in the genre of speculative fiction. Subcategories. ... Fantasy characters (17 C, 1 P) Horror characters (10 C, 1 P) Science fantasy characters (8 C, 4 P)