Panthera atrox (American Lion) Animal Pictures

Panthera atrox

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Skull and neck of a Panthera atrox (fossil North American lion) (Pleistocene; North America)

Skull and neck of a Panthera atrox (fossil North American lion) (Pleistocene; North America) — ©

The muzzle of the cave lion was longer and narrower than modern lions.

A North American Cave Lion skeleton Panthera atrox (fossil North American lion) (Pleistocene; North America) 3 Panthera atrox (Leidy, 1853) - fossil North American lion skeleton from the Pleistocene of North America. (public display, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas, USA)

A North American Cave Lion skeleton — © James St. John / CC BY 2.0, Flickr — License (Original)

Cave lions weighed as much as 700 pounds.

The American lion (Panthera atrox), also known as the "North American lion", or "American cave lion" Graphical reconstruction of Panthera leo atrox the "American lion" based on bony structure and paleontological texts Sergiodlarosa / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panthera_leo_atrox_Sergiodlarosa.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

American Cave Lion — © Sergiodlarosa / CC BY-SA 3.0 — License (Original)