The Barbary lion was a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. It was also called North African lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. It lived in the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. It was eradicated following the spread of firearms and bounties for shooting lions. A comprehensive review of hunting and sighting records revealed that small groups of lions may have survived in Algeria until the early 1960s, and in Morocco until the mid-1960s. Today, it is locally extinct in this region. Fossils of the Barbary lion dating to between 100,000 and 110,000 years were found in the cave of Bizmoune near Essaouira.
Until 2017, the Barbary lion was considered a distinct lion subspecies. Results of morphological and genetic analyses of lion samples from North Africa showed that the Barbary lion does not differ significantly from the Asiatic lion and falls into the same subclade. This North African/Asian subclade is closely related to lions from West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, and therefore grouped into the northern lion subspecies Panthera leo leo.
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The Barbarylion was a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. It was also called North African lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. It lived...
(Linnaeus, 1758) − the nominate lion subspecies includes the Asiatic lion, the regionally extinct Barbarylion, and lion populations in West and northern...
ISBN 9782831706474. Yamaguchi, N.; Haddane, B. (2002). "The North African BarbaryLion and the Atlas Lion Project". International Zoo News. 49 (8): 465–481. Burger,...
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possible Barbarylions or descendants of the Barbarylion in captivity. So far, tests indicate the lions of the zoo are not pure Barbarylions, but descendants...
clearly distinguishable. One from Asia, which includes the extinct Barbarylions of North Africa, another one from West Africa and a third one from Central...
In 2017, the Asiatic lion was subsumed to P. l. leo due to close morphological and molecular genetic similarities with Barbarylion specimens. However,...
mountain ranges. Their main predators in North Africa were the Barbary leopard, Barbarylion, and caracal, but now humans, feral dogs, competition due to...
destroyed by a lion that was rushing down from Mount Olympus. The Romans used Barbarylions from North Africa for lion-baiting, and lions from Greece for...
Cape lion. However, Spence died in 2010 and the zoo closed in 2012, with the lions expected to go to Drakenstein Lion Park. Asiatic lionBarbarylion Wild...
Cervus corsicanus. Predators of the Barbary stag include, or included, the Barbarylion, the Atlas bear, the Barbary leopard, and the African wolf, but...
Yamaguchi, N.; Roberts, D. L. (2013). "Examining the Extinction of the BarbaryLion and Its Implications for Felid Conservation". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e60174...
scene of a man on a dromedary struggling to fend off an attack by a Barbarylion. The diorama was created for the Paris Exposition of 1867 and subsequently...
class citizens of Rome (plebeians). Killing by wild animals, such as Barbarylions, formed part of the inaugural games of the Flavian Amphitheatre in AD...
seen. The Barbarylion, hunted to extinction in the wild, was a subspecies native to Morocco and is a national emblem. The last Barbarylion in the wild...
bears, African leopards and Barbarylions. Sus scrofa "Barbary Wild Boar". www.wild-about-you.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06. "Barbary Wild Boar | Big Game Hunting...
British-American alliance in World War I. The two animals, the Bald eagle and the Barbarylion, are also national personifications of the two countries....
Yamaguchi, N. (2000). "The Barbarylion and the Cape lion: their phylogenetic places and conservation" (PDF). African Lion Working Group News. 1: 9–11...
were the lowest social class of participants in the games. Atlas bear Barbarylion Blood sport Spectacles in ancient Rome Colchester Vase David Matz, Ancient...
carrion while scavenging. Sympatric predators included the Barbary leopard and Barbarylion. The Atlas bear became extinct shortly after modern firearms...
part to house the lions that were previously kept at the Royal Palace. The lions are descended from the now-extinct Barbarylions. Since then the zoo...
The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, along...
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