Panthera spelaea - Wikipedia
WEBPanthera spelaea, commonly known as the cave lion (or less commonly as the steppe lion), is an extinct Panthera species native to Eurasia and northwest North America during the Pleistocene epoch.
This Frozen Cave Lion Is So Well Preserved You Can Still See Its ...
WEBJan 6, 2023 — A nearly 28,000-year-old cave lion cub, discovered frozen in the Siberian permafrost, is so well preserved, you can still make out each and every one of her whiskers. Researchers in Sweden suggest the cub, nicknamed Sparta, is among the best preserved Ice Age animals ever uncovered.
What Were Cave Lions, The 12-Foot-Long Top Ice Age Predator?
WEBJun 15, 2022 — Thanks to their impressive speed, agility, and strength, cave lions were top predators in their time. They hunted ice age deer, bison, and similar animals. Because many intact fossil remains have been found in cave bear habitats, P. spelaea is believed to have opportunistically preyed on hibernating cave bears.
Facts and Figures About the Extinct Eurasian Cave Lion
WEBOct 28, 2019 — One of the most ferocious predators of the late Pleistocene epoch, the Eurasian cave lion was a plus-sized cat that roamed a vast expanse of territory in Eurasia, Alaska, and part of northwestern Canada. It feasted on a wide array of mammalian megafauna, including prehistoric horses and prehistoric elephants.
Scientists unveil extinct Ice Age lion cubs pulled from Russian …
WEBAug 6, 2021 — A team of international scientists say they have identified a pair of extinct Ice Age lions that are among the best preserved specimens ever found. The scientists believe that the cave lion...
Cave lion: 28,000-year-old cub found frozen in Siberian permafrost …
WEBAug 16, 2021 — Scientists have discovered an astonishingly well-preserved cave lion cub in Siberia. Cave lions are an ancient big cat species that have been extinct for thousands of years.
Cave lion - Wikipedia
WEBCave lions are large extinct carnivorous felids that are classified either as subspecies of the lion (Panthera leo), or as distinct but closely related species, depending on the authority. The subspecies or species known by this name include:
Cave lions | College of Biological Sciences
WEBCave lions. Chauvet Cave, in the Ardèche valley of Southern France, holds an extraordinary number of Paleolithic paintings of Panthera atrox dating from 35,000 years ago. Cave lions were larger than Siberian tigers and once ranged from Los Angeles to Alaska and from Siberia to Western Europe.
First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion …
WEBOct 12, 2023 — We report new evidence of hunting lesions on the 48,000 years old cave lion skeleton found at Siegsdorf (Germany) that attest to the earliest direct instance of a large predator kill in human...
Early Pleistocene origin and extensive intra-species diversity of …
WEBJul 28, 2020 — The cave lion is an extinct felid that was widespread across the Holarctic throughout the Late Pleistocene. Its closest extant relative is the lion (Panthera leo), but the timing of the...