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[14] [26] [27] [28] Panthera fossilis later evolved in to the cave lion (Panthera spelaea), which is known from fossils across Europe during the Late Pleistocene. [5] The youngest unambiguous and well dated remains of cave lions are around 14,000 years old. [29]
The proposed Late Pleistocene European leopard subspecies Panthera pardus spelaea was first described as Felis pardus spelaea by Emil Bächler in 1936. [1] Several fossil bones from the Early, Middle and Late Pleistocene were described and have been proposed as different leopard subspecies: Panthera pardus antiqua (Cuvier, 1835) [2]
Panthera leo leo is a lion subspecies present in West Africa, northern Central Africa and India. [2] In West and Central Africa it is restricted to fragmented and isolated populations with a declining trajectory. [3] [4] It has been referred to as the northern lion. [5] [6] [7]
Panthera leo spelaea M. Boule & L. De Villeneuve, 1927 Panthera spelaea , commonly known as the cave lion (or less commonly as the steppe lion ), is an extinct Panthera species that was native to Eurasia and northwest North America during the Pleistocene epoch.
Panthera fossilis (also known as Panthera leo fossilis or Panthera spelaea fossilis) is an extinct species of cat belonging to the genus Panthera, known from remains found in Eurasia spanning the Middle Pleistocene and possibly into the Early Pleistocene.
Cave lions are large extinct carnivorous felids that are classified either as subspecies of the lion (Panthera leo), or as distinct but closely related species, depending on the authority. The subspecies or species known by this name include: Panthera spelaea formerly P. leo spelaea, the Eurasian or European cave lion
Felis leo was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, who described the lion in his work Systema Naturae. [3] The genus name Panthera was coined by Lorenz Oken in 1816. [10] Between the mid-18th and mid-20th centuries, 26 lion specimens were described and proposed as subspecies, of which 11 were recognised as valid in 2005. [1]
Ellerman and Morrison-Scott do not list the names europaea and tartarica in their nomenclatural review of Eurasian mammals. There almost certainly is no such thing as "Panthera leo europaea". This article should either be merged into Asiatic lion, or it should be rewritten to give an overview of the historical records of Asiatic lions in Europe.