Panthera leo vereshchagini

Taxobox
name = Panthera leo vereshchagini
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Felidae
genus = "Panthera"
species = "P. leo"
subspecies= †"P. l. vereshchagini"
trinomial = "Panthera leo vereshchagini"
trinomial_authority = (Baryshnikov & Boeskorov, 2001)

"Panthera leo vereshchagini", also known as the East Siberian or Beringian cave lion, is an extinct prehistoric lion that inhabited Yakutia (Russia), Alaska (USA), and the Yukon Territory (Canada). Analysis of skulls and mandibles of this lion demonstrate that it is a new subspecies different from the other prehistoric lions. It differs from the European cave lion ("Panthera leo spelaea") by its larger size and from the North American cave lion ("Panthera leo atrox") by its smaller size and by skull proportions. [Baryshnikov, G.F., Boeskorov, G., 2001. The Pleistocene cave lion, "Panthera spelaea" (Carnivora, Felidae) from Yakutia, Russia. Cranium 18, 7–24.] [Burger, Joachim "et al." (2004): "Molecular phylogeny of the extinct cave lion" Panthera leo spelaea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol.30, p.841-849. [http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Biologie/Anthropologie/Burger_Cave_Lion.pdf PDF fulltext] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.pleistocenemammals.com Dutch Society of Pleistocene Mammals (Werkgroep Pleistocene Zoogdieren, WPZ)]