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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.
Founded in 1969, the "State Zoo of Kentucky" currently exhibits over 1,200 animals in naturalistic and mixed animal settings representing both geographical areas and biomes or habitats. The Louisville Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the American Alliance of Museums. The zoo over the last ten years has had annual ...
Lions Tigers & Bears, Alpine; Living Coast Discovery Center, Chula Vista [1] Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert; Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles; Micke Grove Zoo, Lodi; Montebello Barnyard Zoo, Montebello; Monterey Zoo, Salinas; Oakland Zoo, Oakland; Orange County Zoo, Orange; Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Palo Alto; Parnell Storybook ...
Range map showing distribution of subspecies and clades. ... (12 to 59 in) make up the majority of lion habitat in Africa, estimated at 3,390,821 km 2 ...
This exhibit opened as Big Cat Canyon in 1975, containing three one-year old White tigers. In February and in August 1988, the Zoo attained rare white lion cubs donated to the zoo by Siegfried and Roy. These lions successfully bred four offspring in April 2001, but as of May 2022, they all died, and their exhibit now contains Bennett's wallabies.
The Big Bone Lick Historical Association was formed in 1953, and in 1956 purchased 16.66 acres of land, which they deeded to the Kentucky State Commissioner for conservation. In December 1960, the Kentucky Department of Parks began constructing picnic areas, a shelter, and a parking lot.
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...