Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combination: Felis leo
Synonym: Felis imperialis Leidy 1873
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Panthera according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Hay 1902, Jefferson 1991, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1873, Linnaeus 1758, Simpson 1941 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Panthera (Jaguarius), Panthera balamoides, Panthera blytheae, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Panthera onca, Panthera palaeosinensis, Panthera pardus, Panthera tigris, Panthera uncia, Panthera zdanskyi
Subtaxa: Panthera leo atrox Panthera leo spelaea
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 27.3, humerus diameter 36.8, radius diameter 23.3, tibia diameter 28.8
Estimated body mass: 135.2 kg based on femur diameter, humerus diameter, and tibia diameter
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (3: Alberta), Chile (5), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), France (5), Germany (5), Greece (4), India (1), Italy (10), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (8), Libya (1), Mexico (5), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (2), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (7), South Africa (16), Spain (4), Sudan (2), Syria (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (22: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming), Zambia (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 125 collections including 129 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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