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|name = Barbary lion | |||
| image = Barbary lion.jpg | |||
| image_width = 250px | |||
| image_caption = A Barbary lion from [[Algeria]], 1893 | |||
|regnum = [[Animal]]ia | |||
|classis = [[Mammal]]ia | |||
|ordo = [[Carnivora]] | |||
|familia = [[Felidae]] | |||
|genus = ''[[Panthera]]'' | |||
|status = EW | |||
|status_system = iucn3.1 | |||
|species = ''[[Lion|P. leo]]'' | |||
|trinomial = ''Panthera leo leo'' | |||
|trinomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)}} | |||
The '''Barbary lion''' (''Panthera leo leo'') was a local group of lions which are now extinct in the wild {[[IUCN]]}. The Barbary lion was also called the '''Atlas lion''' and the '''Nubian lion'''. It was a local group, or perhaps [[subspecies]], of the lion. It used to live in [[North Africa]], from [[Morocco]] to [[Egypt]]. | |||
== Looks and behavior == | |||
The Barbary lion was large and heavy. Males weighed about {{convert|180Kg|to|200 kg|kg}}, and females weighed about {{convert|130kg |to|176kg|kg}}. Male lions were said to be about {{convert|2.7|to|3.1|m}} long and females were about {{convert|2.1|to|2.7|m}} long.<ref name="tigerhomes.org">{{cite web|url= http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/barbary-lion.cfm|title= Barbary Lion|date= 1999–2006|publisher= tigerhomes.org|access-date= February 18, 2012|archive-date= August 24, 2011|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/61AzKru9c?url=http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/barbary-lion.cfm|url-status= dead}}</ref> Some scientists think that these sizes and weights are too large. These scientists think that the Barbary lion is probably the size of the lions found in [[East Africa]].<ref name=patterson>{{cite book|last=Patterson|first=Bruce D.|title=The lions of Tsavo: exploring the legacy of Africa's notorious man-eaters|url=https://archive.org/details/lionsoftsavoexpl0000patt|isbn=978-0-07-136333-4|publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/lionsoftsavoexpl0000patt/page/110 110]}}</ref> | |||
The places where the Barbary lion lived did not have a lot of [[prey]]. These lions did not live in ''prides'' because of this.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.barbarylion.com/Barbary_Lions.htm|title= barbarylion.com|year= 2005|publisher= barbarylion.com|access-date=February 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>A ''pride of lions'' is a family group. It usually includes a male lion, several female lions, and their [[cub]]s.</ref> The main animals they hunted in the [[Atlas Mountains]] were the [[Barbary stag]] and the [[gazelle]]. The lions also ate [[cow]]s and [[sheep]] raised by people.<ref name="barbarylion.com"/> | |||
These lions lived alone, or in [[wikt:pair|pairs]]. The female Barbary lion raised her cubs until they were mature. This took about two years. After that, the cubs left their mother.<ref name="barbarylion.com">http://www.barbarylion.com/Barbary_Lions.htm/</ref> | |||
== Sources == | |||
{{Wikispecies|Panthera leo leo}} | |||
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