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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:

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

 

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