Two animals that I chose are Panthera leo spelaea known as European or Eurasian cave lion and cave bear. European cave lion lived from about 370‚000 to 10‚000 years ago. From the paintings and the fossils that have been found we can say that cave lion is much bigger that the normal lions that we know today. Rounded‚ protruding ears‚ tufted tail‚ and perhaps faint‚ tiger-like stripes are the common thing between all of the lion caves. Mountain lion was living in Europe until the last European Ice
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The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight‚[4] it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park in India) while other types of lions have disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene‚ about 10
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The lion is known as king of the jungle because of its huge size and ferocious appearance‚ the most common type of lion is the African lion. The African lion has the genus species Panthera (panther‚ leopard) leo (lion). Panthera leo has the common name lion and comes from the felidae family. Panthera leo is in the mammali class and has the order carnivora(Bush Gardens‚ 1996). Lions live in sub-Saharan Africa in grasslands and semi-arid plains in prides which is a group of lions that live in the
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LIGER The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (Panthera leo) and a tigress (Panthera tigris). Thus‚ it has parents with the same genus but of different species. It is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon. It is the largest of all known extant felines. Ligers enjoy swimming‚ which is a characteristic of tigers‚ and are very sociable like lions. Ligers exist only in captivity because the habitats of the parental species do not overlap in the wild. Historically‚ when the Asiatic Lion was
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Tiger is the largest animal in the cat family. They have a reddish yellow coat with black stripes. The underside of their abdomen is white and their ears are black on the outside with a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is ’Panthera Tigris ’. The origin of the Bengal Tiger is most likely Siberia. From there‚ they migrated down south as the climate became colder. The only place where you can find The Royal Bengal Tiger now is in the land of its natural heritage‚ India. The Bengal
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The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica) is a subspecies of the lion which survives today only in the Gir Forest of Gujarat‚ India where it is also known as the Indian lion or Persian lion.[2][3] In 2005‚ the Gujarat government reported that 359 Asiatic lions were sighted in the Gir forest.[4] The Asiatic lion is one of the three major big cats found in India‚ other being the Bengal tiger and the Indian leopard.[5] The Asiatic lions once ranged from the Mediterranean to the north-eastern parts of
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animal defends itself‚ tries to get food or shelter‚ or trying to mate. Behavior gives animals strength‚ confidence‚ and a way of life. Social animal groups represent a great amount of behavior to encounter on an everyday basis. The African lion or Panthera leo‚ requires certain behaviors to sustain life. Being one of Africa’s largest and most predacious animals‚ specific needs are required for the animal in order to protect‚ survive‚ and accomplish life. The African lion’s social groups require cooperation
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Introduction Tigers (and all other carnivores) have descended from miacids that lived during the ice-age. Approximately 37 cat species exist today‚ including Panthera tigris‚ the tiger. All throughout the world the tiger holds fascination for many people. Certain cultures retain the tiger as a symbol of strength‚ which has a mysterious aura surrounding it. But the fact remains that the tiger is in danger of extinction. Welcome‚ you are about to enter the world of the tiger... Evolution:
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</td></tr><tr>Order-</td><td>Carnivora</td><td>Carcharhiniformes</td><td>Haplotaxida</td><td>Coniferales</td><td>Cetacea</td></tr><tr>Family-</td><td>Felidae</td><td>Carcharhinidae</td><td>Megasclolecidae</td><td>cupressaceae</td><td>Delphinidae.</td></tr><tr>Genus-</td><td>Panthera</td><td>Galecoerdo</td><td>Pheretima</td><td>Sequoia</td><td>Orcinus.</td></tr><tr>Species-
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in India (IUCN‚ 1). One of the first scientific descriptions of the species was given by Linnaeus in 1758 as Felis tigris. In 1929‚ Reginald Pocock‚ British taxonomist ‚ subordinated this species to be Panthera tigris. It is probably derived from an archaic Greek word "panther" and the Latin "panthera". Latin "tigris" refers to a spotted tiger-like hound. In Greek there is the word ‘Tigris’ – its source being Persian. The importance of study of tiger is primal in ecological sustainability. According
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