Panthera leo vereshchagini Baryshnikov & Boeskorov, 2001
East Siberian cave lion, Beringian cave lion
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym of Panthera spelaea.
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Europe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Baryshnikov, G. and Boeskorov, G. (2001). The pleistocene cave lion, Panthera spelaea (Carnivora, Felidae) from Yakutia, Russia. Cranium 18: 7-24.
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]
Stanton, David W. G. et al. (2020). Early Pleistocene origin and extensive intra-species diversity of the extinct cave lion. Scientific Reports 10: 12621.
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