Panthera leo sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1938
Sri Lankan Lion, Ceylonese lion
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.37,000 BC
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Deraniyagala, Paulus Edward Pieris. (1938). Some fossil animals from Ceylon, Part II. The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 34: 231-239. [First page]
Other references:
Manamendra-Arachchi, K., R. Pethiyagoda, R. Dissanayake and M. Meegaskumbura. (2005). A second extinct big cat from the late Quaternary of Sri Lanka. In: Yeo, D. C. J., K. L. Ng & R. Pethiyagoda (eds.). Contributions to biodiversity exploration and research in Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12: 423-434 pp.