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!