Lion 1

Order: Carnivora

Scientific Name: Panthera leo

Subspecies: Barbary lion, P. leo leo or P. l. barbaricus if distinct

Age: Adult

Sex: Female

Status: Extinct

Wild specimen

Measurements: 315 mm x 209 mm

Notes: The Barbary lion is a extinct population or subspecies of lion originally present in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. Overhunting drove the Barbary lion to extinction in the 1960s.

This young female specimen was shot in 1945 in Algiers after (allegedly) killing and eating two men!