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The oldest remains of lions in Europe, assigned to the species Panthera fossilis, are over 600,000 years old. This species represents one of the largest known felids to have ever existed, with this species eventually evolving into the smaller cave lion (Panthera spelaea), [3] which is widely depicted in Palaeolithic European cave art. [4]
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.
Size comparison of Panthera fossilis and its descendant Panthera spelaea with humans. Remains of P. fossilis indicate that it was larger than the modern lion and was among the largest known cats ever, with the largest specimens suggested to have a body length of 2.5–2.9 metres (8.2–9.5 ft), shoulder height of 1.4–1.5 metres (4.6–4.9 ft) and body mass of 400–500 kilograms (880–1,100 ...
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]
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]
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]
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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