Skull morphology analysis suggests the extinct Cape lion, Panthera leo melanochaita (Smith, 1842), is not distinctive

Skull morphology analysis suggests the extinct Cape lion, Panthera leo melanochaita (Smith, 1842), is not distinctive

Abstract The lion (Panthera leo) was extirpated from the Cape region of South Africa during the mid-nineteenth century. Whilst historically classified as a distinct subspecies known as the Cape lion (P. l. melanochaita), recent molecular studies challenge the distinctiveness of this population, sugg...

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Main Authors: Olga Nanova, David M. Cooper, Andrew C. Kitchener, Graham I. H. Kerley, Thomas P. Gnoske, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Velizar Simeonovski, Bruce D. Patterson, David W. Macdonald, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Conservation
Cranial
Lion
Restoration
Subspecies
South Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74225-7

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74225-7

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