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The history of lions in Europe is part of the wider history of the lion species complex. The rediscovery and confirmation of their presence in Europe , already known by myths , historical accounts and ancient art , was made possible by the finds of fossils of Pleistocene , Holocene and Ancient lions excavated in Europe since the early 19th century.
Pictures Eurasian cave lion: Panthera spelaea: Northern Eurasia and Beringia: Most recent remains in the Franco-Cantabrian region dated to 9350 BCE. [2] Other lion remains from Italy and northern Spain could indicate that a small form survived in mountain areas until the Preboreal and Boreal, respectively. [22]
The same approach is applied to birds occurring only in the Caucasus, which is commonly seen as straddling the border between Europe and Asia. The birds of Cape Verde are not included in this list. Oceans are included up to the limit of 200 nautical miles from the European coastline, or half the distance to Africa , whichever is lesser.
Although the majority of these birds enter Europe via the Bosphorus or Straits of Gibraltar, large numbers leave at Cap Bon in Tunisia and enter Europe via the Aeolian Islands and the Straits of Messina to Calabria. Most of these birds breed in central and northern Europe. The birds return to Africa in autumn by the same route.
Extinction of lions in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East interrupted gene flow between lion populations in Asia and Africa. Genetic evidence revealed numerous mutations in lion samples from East and Southern Africa, which indicates that this group has a longer evolutionary history than genetically less diverse lion samples from ...
I agree, but lions could also be a page that discusses the presence of the Asiatic lion and the European cave lion in Europe. Maybe even the lions in the Roman arenas. Peter Maas 10:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC) European lions are also discussed in Asiatic lion#Asiatic Lions in Europe Well, I'm actually against it now. I've now edited the two articles.
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There are already separate lists of mammals, birds, reptiles, etc by country which have a section for species locally extinct at the end (see List of mammals of peninsular Spain or List of mammals of Egypt for example). To have the gray wolf or the brown bear or the wild boar here just because they were extirpated from Britain or the ...