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Taxonomy
Felis leo was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Panthera leo by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson (1991), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was recombined as Panthera leo by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson (1991), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Felis leo Linnaeus p. 41 |
| 1873 | Felis imperialis Leidy p. 260 |
| 1902 | Felis imperialis Hay p. 782 |
| 1911 | Felis leo Thomas p. 135 |
| 1968 | Felis leo Kurten p. 85 |
| 1980 | Panthera leo Kurten and Anderson p. 191 |
| 1991 | Panthera leo Jefferson |
| 2006 | Panthera leo Johnson et al. p. 74 |
| 2017 | Panthera leo Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 71 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 [lion]
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†Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853
†Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810
Invalid names: Felis imperialis Leidy 1873 [synonym]
†Panthera onca mesembrina Cabrera 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available