Panthera leo (carnivore)

Mass: 147 kg based on Clarke and Berry 1992 and Ebedes 1970

Diet: carnivore based on Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.02 to 1.30% (median 0.39%)

Latitudinal range: -33.6° to 51.7°

Habitats: (20), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

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Found in 23 samples

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Iran: Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Manot Cave (Area D, Biogenic Unit) (Late Pleistocene), Motza (Early PPNB) (Holocene)

Kenya: Karungu (Late Pleistocene), Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (RF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (MOS) (Late Pleistocene)

Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L 1) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 3) (Pleistocene - Holocene)

Russia: Kamenka (Late Pleistocene)

South Africa: Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Boegoeberg 1 (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Cornelia-Uitzoek (1998 - 2010 collection) (Early Pleistocene), Cornelia-Uitzoek (old collection) (Early Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement)

Tunisia: Doukanet el Khoutifa (Holocene)

Uganda: Nile Delta

Size measurements:
♀ body mass129000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♀ body mass123000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♀ body mass129000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♀ body mass111000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♀ body mass80000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♀ body mass163293 kgN = 1Ebedes 1970
♀ body mass140614 kgN = 1Ebedes 1970
♂ body mass192000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♂ body mass172000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♂ body mass125000 kgN = 1Clarke and Berry 1992
♂ body mass181437 kgN = 1Ebedes 1970
♂ body mass181437 kgN = 1Ebedes 1970
♂ body mass226796 kgN = 1Ebedes 1970
♂ body mass176901 kgN = 1Ebedes 1970

See also Panthera, Panthera atrox, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Panthera onca, Panthera pardus, Panthera sp., Panthera spelaea, Panthera tigris, Panthera uncia