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Extinct Cave Organisms: Cave Bear, Ground Sloth, Myotragus, American Lion, Arctodus Simus, Cave Hyena, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriidae

Extinct Cave Organisms: Cave Bear, Ground Sloth, Myotragus, American Lion, Arctodus Simus, Cave Hyena, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriidae


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cave Bear, Ground Sloth, Myotragus, American Lion, Arctodus Simus, Cave Hyena, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriidae, Orophodontidae, Cyprus Dwarf Elephant, Pachycrocuta, Panthera Leo Vereshchagini. Excerpt: American Lion Fossil range: Pleistocene The American lion (Panthera leo atrox) also known as the North American lion or American cave lion, is an extinct feline of the family Felidae, endemic to North America during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya to 11,000 years ago), existing for approximately 1.79 million years. It was one of the largest subspecies of cat ever to have existed, and the largest lion in history, slightly larger than the Late Beginning Pleistocene primitive cave lion, Panthera leo fossilis, and about twenty-five percent larger than the modern African lion . Some estimates of the mass of this animal are as high as 500 kg (1100 pound) . Description Restoration of an American Lion The American lion is an extinct animal which originated in North America and went on to colonize part of South America as part of the Great American Interchange . The body length of the American lion is estimated to have been 3.5 - 4m . Thus it was larger than its close relative, the extinct lion, Panthera leo fossilis, and the modern species of Siberian tiger, but still smaller than their contemporary competitor for prey, the Giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time. The American lion was longer than any other felid overall and heavier than any modern felids, but it was not as heavily built as the saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator, which may also have weighed up to 500 kg. This would make the American lion the longest of all known felids, and Smilodon populator the heaviest. Approximately one hundred specimens of American lions have been...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155797694
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Cave Bear, Ground Sloth, Myotragus, American Lion, Arctodus Simus, Cave Hyena, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriidae
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1155797698
  • Publisher Date: 07 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 104 gr


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