The Lion (Panthera leo) is one or two species of large cat that occurred in the Western Palearctic. The European Cave lion went extinct ~ 14-13.000 years ago. African lions colonized parts of Southern Europe a couple thousand years later and continued to live there until well into the Holocene. Lions currently occur in 0% of their former range within the W Palearctic.
Status in w palearctic | 0% of original range |
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Ecological niche | Large Carnivore |
Region | Europe - Caucasus, Europe - Central, Europe - Eastern, Europe - Iberia, Europe - Italy, Europe - Southeastern, Europe - Western, Middle East - Anatolia, Middle East - Arabia, Middle East - Levant, North Africa - Eastern, North Africa - Western |
Z ecotourism potential | 5 |