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The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane.
The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
There's a reason why the two lion cubs had to wait a month before seeing the vet. As the video from the zoo explains, the cubs' mama, Zamaya, wouldn't let anyone near them for the first couple of ...
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:
The lion and sun motif is based largely on astronomical configurations, and the ancient zodiacal sign of the sun in the house of Leo. Lion and sun is a symbol of royalty in Iranian flag and coins. Goddess Anahita was sometimes shown standing on a lion. Lion is also title of the fourth grade of mithraism. [6]
[1] [2] The first excavated lion fossil was found in southern Germany, and described by Georg August Goldfuss using the scientific name Felis spelaea. It probably dates to the Würm glaciation, and is 191,000 to 57,000 years old. [3] Since then, older lion skull fragments were excavated in Germany and in other parts of Europe, including in ...
A demonic California dad has been arrested for allegedly beheading his 1-year-old son Friday in an early-morning frenzy of violence that also injured his wife and her mother, according to police.
Panthera shawi was a lion-like cat in South Africa that possibly lived in the early Pleistocene. [15] Panthera balamoides lived in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico during the Pleistocene. [16] Some researchers consider this species to be a bear instead. [17] [18] [19] An additional fossil genus Leontoceryx was described in 1938. [20]