Panthera leo europaea Lupták, 2009
European lion
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Panthera leo tartarica (author? year?)
Conservation Status
Invalid?
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
southern Europe (northern limit is said to be Greece)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lupták, P. (2009). Externá variabilita a taxonómia súčasných a vyhynutých poddruhov leva (Panthera leo). Gazella 36: 33-150.
Other references:
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
Sabol, Martin. (2011). Masters of the lost world: a hypothetical look at the temporal and spatial distribution of lion-like felids. Quaternaire, Hors-série (4) 2011: 229-236.
Schnitzler, A. E. (2011). Past and present distribution of the North African-Asian lion subgroup: a review. Mammal Review 41(3): 220-243. [relevant reference?]
http://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/extinctm/EuroLion.htm
http://www.platos-academy.com/archives/lions_in_ancient_greece.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Lion