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Lion
Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Felidae - cats

Scientific synonyms

Felis leo Linnaeus, 1758
Leo africanus Brehm, 1829
Tigris leo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leo maculates Heuvelmans, 1955 (nomen nudum) n
Leo nobilis Gray, 1867 (nomen nudum) n

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IUCN category:Vulnerable

Images

Panthera leo - Lion

Panthera leo - Lion

Author: Marcela Pivoňková

Panthera leo - Lion

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Panthera leo leo - Barbary Lion

Panthera leo leo - Barbary Lion, male

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Panthera leo persica - Asiatic Lion

Panthera leo leo - Barbary Lion

Panthera leo leo - Barbary Lion

Author: Jiří Berkovec

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

Author: Silvie Hojná, Petr Bašus

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

Author: Silvie Hojná, Petr Bašus

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

Author: Silvie Hojná, Petr Bašus
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Taxon in country check-lists*

Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Kenya, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe

* List of countries might not be complete

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Ancylostoma paraduodenale Biocca, 1951

prey: Kobus leche (Gray, 1850) - Leche, Kobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857) - Puku, Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812) - Impala, Litocranius walleri (Brooke, 1879) - Gerenuk, Antidorcas marsupialis (Zimmermann, 1780) - Springbok, ...

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 12

subspecies Panthera leo atrox (Leidy, 1853) - American Lion †
subspecies Panthera leo azandica (J. A. Allen, 1924) - North East Congo Lion
subspecies Panthera leo bleyenberghi (Lönnberg, 1914) - Katanga Lion

Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga Lion

subspecies Panthera leo fossilis (Reichenau, 1906) - Early Middle Pleistocene European Cave Lion †
subspecies Panthera leo krugeri (Roberts, 1929) - South African Lion

Panthera leo krugeri - South African Lion

subspecies Panthera leo leo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Barbary Lion

Panthera leo leo - Barbary Lion

subspecies Panthera leo melanochoeta (Smith, 1842) - Cape Lion †
subspecies Panthera leo nubica (de Blainville, 1843) - East African Lion

Panthera leo nubica - East African Lion

subspecies Panthera leo persica (Meyer, 1826) - Asiatic Lion

Panthera leo persica - Asiatic Lion

subspecies Panthera leo senegalensis (Meyer, 1826) - West African Lion
subspecies Panthera leo shawi (Broom, 1948) †
subspecies Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss, 1810 - Eurasian Cave Lion †

Panthera leo spelaea - Eurasian Cave Lion


Links and literature

EN ARKive [/lion/panthera-leo/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [15951] [as Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Panthera leo Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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n invalid name - nomen nudum

† extinct taxon



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