American lion - Wikipedia
The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
American Lions - U.S. National Park Service
Aug 6, 2024 · You have probably heard of African lions, but did you know lions once lived around the world? During the last ice age, lions lived in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America, giving them one of the largest ranges of any mammal! The lions that lived in North America were called American lions.
American Lion - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (U.S.
Apr 15, 2015 · American Lion. The range, the area a species calls home, of the American lion was larger than any other land mammal except modern humans. Originating in Africa, it spread into Asia and migrated across the Bering Land Bridge into North America. When you think "lion," what home comes to mind?
American Lion - Extinct Animals
Apr 19, 2022 · The American Lion is an extinct lion subspecies that was endemic to North America during the Pleistocene era. It is believed that a small population also inhabited northwestern South America as part of the Great American Interchange.
What happened to America's lions? - Popular Science
Mar 18, 2023 · Lions prowled North America for tens of thousands of years before going extinct. Today, no lions lounge in southern Alberta canola fields or chase prey through Yukon grasslands—so what happened?
American Lion (Panthera Leo Atrox) Facts and Figures
Updated on March 24, 2019. Name: American Lion; also known as Panthera leo atrox. Habitat: Plains of North America. Historical Period: Pleistocene-Modern (two million-10,000 years ago) Size and Weight: Up to 13 feet long and 1,000 pounds.
Panthera atrox (American Lion) - A-Z Animals
May 27, 2024 · Panthera atrox—commonly known as “the American lion”—is an extinct species of lion native to the North American continent. The relationship between this lion and modern lion species has been contentious for years after its discovery.
The Lion, the Land Bridge, and the New World | Hakai Magazine
Mar 13, 2023 · Cave lions and their larger relatives, American lions, first entered North America during the last ice age, toward the end of the Pleistocene. Already part of the landscape in Europe, humans painted and carved portraits of these enormous lions in caves, including the famed Chauvet Cave in France.
Panthera atrox (The American Lion) - The Extinctions
Panthera atrox, more commonly known as ‘the American lion’ is a species belonging to cat family, felidae. It’s relationship to other big cats (Panthera spp.) has been contentious, affinities to the cave lion (Panthera spalea), jaguar (Panthera onca), lion (Panthera leo) and tiger (Panthera tigris) have all been suggested at various times ...
American Lion | Explore the Ice Age Midwest
The American lion was widely distributed in North America during the late Pleistocene and has been recovered from sites ranging from southern Mexico (Montellano-Ballesteros and Carbot-Chanona 2009) to southern Canada (Barnett et al. 2009).