Lion 2

Order: Carnivora

Scientific Name: Panthera leo

Age: Subadult

Sex: Male

Status: Vulnerable

Captive specimen

Measurements: 269 mm x 180 mm

Notes: There were two additional species of lion in the Pleistocene: Panthera atrox in America and Panthera spelaea in Eurasia and Alaska. Both species went extinct at the end of the Ice Age.