Panthera leo spelaea

Life-reconstruction in cartoon style of a Cave Lion.

Size comparison between a man, two prehistoric lions—the American lion (Panthera atrox) and the cave lion (Panthera spelaea), and the modern day African lion (Panthera leo).

Late Pleistocene: The cave lion (Panthera spelaea) probably evolved in Europe less than 600,000 years ago and was genetically distinct from the modern lion living in Africa and Asia. It became extinct about 13,000 years ago.

Panthera Leo Spelaea

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The largest lions in history – American lions – ruled in North and South America, and thus became the hallmark of the Pleistocene landscape.

About Eurasian cave lions: ''We know, thanks to the representation of this species by early modern humans, that the cave lions did　not　display the typical male coat of the African lions, although they did bear the tuft at the end of the tail. They probably looked much more like a female lion, but with a denser and thicker coat(especially in the neck region) and with shorter and more robust limbs.'' Jordi Agusti "This massive predator appeared more like a mix between a lion and a tiger with…

Banding, Battle cry {2}{w}{w}: Monstrosity 2 (If this creature isn't monstrous, put 2 +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) The partial skull of a lion from Natodomeri, northwest Kenya is described. The skull is remarkable for its very great size, equivalent to the largest cave lions (Panthera leo spelaea [Goldfuss, 1810]) of Eurasia and much larger than any previously known lion from Africa, living or fossil

Artwork by Lucas Lima While many cave lion fossils have been found in caves, this extinct big cat actually lived in various ecosystems from Spain to Alaska. Prehistoric paintings and figurines made by...