THE SKULL INDEX

Northern Lion

Panthera leo leo
 

Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
 

Owner: Aäron Mathyssen ( bone_republic_holland )
Origin: Zoo Czech Republic, captive bred.
 

Sex: Female
Age: 2 years 7 months (subadult)

Length: 300mm

Width: 205mm
Height: 136mm
Weight: 1078g

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Additional Notes: 'Until 2017, the Barbary lion was considered a distinct lion subspecies. Results of morphological and genetic analyses of lion samples from North Africa showed that the Barbary lion does not differ significantly from the Asiatic lion and falls into the same subclade. This North African/Asian subclade is closely related to lions from West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, and therefore grouped into the northern lion subspecies Panthera leo leo.' (Cited from Wikipedia)

  

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