Lion

Panthera leo

Original range and subspecies 3

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.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) dutchbaby, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by dutchbaby, http://www.flickr.com/photos/31150609@N05/4081898358
  2. (c) Stan van Remmerden, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stan van Remmerden
  3. Adaptado por Stan van Remmerden de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_leo

Mais informações

BioDiversity4All Mapa

Status in w palearctic 0% of original range
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