Panthera leo vereshchagini, known as the
East Siberian- or
Beringian cave lion is an extinct prehistoric lion that inhabited Yakutia (
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
),
AlaskaAlaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
(USA), and the Yukon Territory (
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) during the
PleistoceneThe Pleistocene is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
epochIn the fields of chronology and periodization, an epoch means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. The "epoch" then serves as a reference point from which time is measured...
. Analysis of skulls and mandibles of this
lionThe Lion is one of four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
demonstrate that it is a new
subspeciesSubspecies in biological classification, is 1) a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, or 2) a taxonomic unit, a taxon in that rank...
different from the other prehistoric lions. It differs from the
European cave lionThe cave lion also known as the European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct subspecies of lion known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.-Physical characteristics:...
(
Panthera leo spelaea) by its larger size and from the
North American cave lionThe American lion also known as the North American lion or American cave lion, is an extinct feline of the family Felidae, endemic to North America during the Pleistocene epoch , existing for approximately .It was one of the largest subspecies of cat ever to have existed, and the largest lion in...
(
Panthera leo atrox) by its smaller size and by
skullThe skull is a bony structure found in the head of many animals. The skull supports the structures of the face and protects the head against injury....
proportions.
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Panthera leo vereshchagini, known as the
East Siberian- or
Beringian cave lion is an extinct prehistoric lion that inhabited Yakutia (
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
),
AlaskaAlaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
(USA), and the Yukon Territory (
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) during the
PleistoceneThe Pleistocene is the epoch from 2.588 million to 12 000 years BP covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
epochIn the fields of chronology and periodization, an epoch means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. The "epoch" then serves as a reference point from which time is measured...
. Analysis of skulls and mandibles of this
lionThe Lion is one of four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
demonstrate that it is a new
subspeciesSubspecies in biological classification, is 1) a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, or 2) a taxonomic unit, a taxon in that rank...
different from the other prehistoric lions. It differs from the
European cave lionThe cave lion also known as the European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct subspecies of lion known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.-Physical characteristics:...
(
Panthera leo spelaea) by its larger size and from the
North American cave lionThe American lion also known as the North American lion or American cave lion, is an extinct feline of the family Felidae, endemic to North America during the Pleistocene epoch , existing for approximately .It was one of the largest subspecies of cat ever to have existed, and the largest lion in...
(
Panthera leo atrox) by its smaller size and by
skullThe skull is a bony structure found in the head of many animals. The skull supports the structures of the face and protects the head against injury....
proportions.
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