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The Barbary lion was considered a distinct lion subspecies. [21] [19] In 2017, the Cat Classification Task Force of the Cat Specialist Group subsumed the lion populations in North, West and Central Africa and Asia to P. l. leo. [22] The Barbary lion was also called North African lion, [1] Atlas lion, [23] and Egyptian lion. [24]
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger, as well as a number of extinct species, including the cave lion and American lion.
The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China [1] and possibly North Korea. [2] It once ranged throughout the Korean Peninsula , but currently inhabits mainly the Sikhote-Alin mountain region in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East.
Stimulated by recent findings that the Siberian tiger is the closest relative of the Caspian tiger, discussions started as to whether the Siberian tiger could be appropriate for reintroduction into a safe place in Central Asia, where the Caspian tiger once roamed. [43] The Amu Darya delta was suggested as a potential site for such a project.
[8] [9] [10] [1] One author considered the cave lion to be more closely related to the tiger based on a comparison of skull shapes, and proposed the scientific name Panthera tigris spelaea. [11] Results from morphological studies showed that it is distinct in cranial and dental anatomy to justify the specific status of Panthera spelaea.
The Barbary lion population in North Africa is extinct since the mid 1960s. [9] The Asiatic lion population survives in Gir Forest National Park and remnant forest habitats in the two hill systems of Gir and Girnar that comprise Gujarat's largest tracts of dry deciduous forest, thorny forest and savanna. [53]
Malayan tiger [26] Malta: Melita: Dolphin Mexico: Mexican Motherland, La China Poblana: Golden eagle Mongolia: Genghis Khan: Saker falcon Montenegro: Fairy of Lovćen, Mother Montenegro: Double-headed eagle Morocco: Barbary Lion Netherlands: Dutch Maiden. Dutch Sailor ; Dutch Republic Lion, Leo Belgicus Nepal: Gurkha, Sherpa: Yeti [27] New Zealand
As for the African Lion, there is a subspecies known as Barbary lion wich can be 3m long. BIGGER than any Cave Lion. And for the Tiger, The Bengali Tiger is about the same size as the Barbary Lion, but the Siberian Tiger is one of the biggest felidae ever: the smalest male are "only" 2.7m long, and the biggest are 3.3m long for a 300kg weigh.