American lion (Panthera atrox)


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Panthera atrox, better known as the American lion, also called the North American lion, or American cave lion, is an extinct pantherine cat. Panthera atrox lived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch, from around 340,000 to 12,800 years ago.


American lion (Panthera atrox)

American lion ( Panthera atrox Leidy, 1853) Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Time period: late Pleistocene of North America (180 000 - 10 000 years ago) Size: 2.5 m in length, 130 cm in height, 180-370 (430) kg of weight.


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Panthera leo atrox; Panthera atrox; References [edit] Primary references [edit] Leidy, J. 1853. Description of an extinct species of American Lion: Felis atrox. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society n.s. 10: 319-321. DOI: 10.2307/1005282 JSTOR BHL Reference page. Merriam, J.C. 1909. The skull and dentition of an extinct cat.


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The American Lion, also known as Panthera Atrox, was a magnificent creature that roamed North America during the Pleistocene epoch, approximately 340,000 to 11,000 years ago.


American Lion (Panthera atrox)

Felidae Genus Panthera Scientific Name Panthera atrox Read our Complete Guide to Classification of Animals. Panthera atrox (American Lion) Conservation Status Extinct Panthera atrox (American Lion) Locations North-America South-America Panthera atrox (American Lion) Facts Prey Large mammals such as bison, horses, sloths, mammoths, deer. Main Prey


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Among communal breeders, such as the African lion Panthera leo, the spotted and the brown hyenas, and the banded mongoose, most females breed during each reproductive cycle and participate in some degree of alloparental care although temporarily nonbreeding females and males may also contribute to the care of young born in the group (Mills 1990.


American Lion (Panthera atrox)

American lion Panthera atrox, better known as the American lion, also called the North American lion, or American cave lion, is an extinct pantherine cat. Panthera atrox lived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch, from around 340,000 to 12,800 years ago.


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Caracal group Bay Cat group Earliest fossils of the Panthera genus date to 3-4 million years ago from Tanzania (Barry 1987) (Turner 1997) Panthera atrox was the North American (and northern South American) cave lion during the Pleistocene; other cave lions at the time lived in Europe and Siberia


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American Lion - Panthera leo atrox. One of the largest cats to have ever existed, American Lion is a long extinct subspecies of lions. A descendant of cave lions of Eurasia, the American Lion is thought to have evolved during the later part of the Pleistocene era, nearly seventy thousand years ago. It arrived into the Americas around thirty.


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The American lion, also known as Panthera atrox, is an extinct big cat that lived in North America during the Pleistocene era. It was one of the largest felines that ever existed, with males estimated to have weighed up to 350 kg (771 lb), around 25% larger than modern African lions.


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The American lion ( Panthera leo atrox ), which stalked North America until around the Late Pleistocene (14,000 years ago), was the first of the "modern" lion species to go extinct, along with the cave lions ( Panthera leo spelaea) of Eurasia, Alaska and Yukon.


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24 October 2015 The largest-ever subspecies of lion was the American lion Panthera leo atrox, which once inhabited North America (and possibly southwards as far as Peru, too), but became extinct just over 11,000 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. In overall body size, it was 25 per cent larger than the largest modern-day African lions.


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The American lion is a very large felid, eclipsing all extant cat species in body mass. Depending on the morphology analysed a large range of estimates can be extracted, with liberal estimates placing the largest individuals around 450kg, but a weighted estimate of 332kg may be closer to the mark (8).


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The American lion ( Panthera leo or P. atrox) is also known as Naegele's giant jaguar or American cave lion. It is an extinct species of lion which lived in North America during the Pleistocene (340,000 years ago to 11,000 years ago). It existed for about 330,000 thousand years. [1] The American lion belonged to the family Felidae.


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American Lion; also known as Panthera leo atrox Habitat: Plains of North America Historical Period: Pleistocene-Modern (two million-10,000 years ago) Size and Weight: Up to 13 feet long and 1,000 pounds Diet: Meat Distinguishing Characteristics: Large size; lithe build; thick coat of fur About the American Lion (Panthera leo atrox)


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Physical Description: Panthera atrox was one of the largest true cats (the family Felidae) to ever live. Compared to other North American Ice Age cats, P. atrox had relatively long, slender limbs. Indeed, this cat looked very similar to the modern lion, only bigger and with longer legs.