Panthera leo spelaea

Life-reconstruction in cartoon style of a Cave Lion.

Panthera leo spelaea by Juraj Pavlík on ArtStation.

Size comparison between a man, two prehistoric lions—the American lion (Panthera atrox) and the cave lion (Panthera spelaea), and the modern day African lion (Panthera leo).

P. spelaea, commonly known as the European, Eurasian cave lion, or Steppe Lion is an extinct Panthera species that evolved in Europe probably after the third Cromerian interglacial stage, less than 600,000 years ago.. It is known from fossils and many examples of prehistoric art. P. spelaea is sometimes considered a species in its own right, under the name Panthera spelaea, and at least one authority, basing his conclusion on a comparison of skull shapes, considered the cave lion to be more…

Late Pleistocene: The cave lion (Panthera spelaea) probably evolved in Europe less than 600,000 years ago and was genetically distinct from the modern lion living in Africa and Asia. It became extinct about 13,000 years ago.

The Cave Lion

Ten thousands of years ago, the cave lion Panthera spelaea, a very intriguing subspecies of the modern-day lion which thrived on the Eurasian plateau,

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