![]() ![]() While it was once considered a subspecies of lion closely related to the Eurasian cave lion ( Panthera leo spelaea), later study showed that it was not in fact a true lion and cannot be assigned to any modern species of cat. The American lion ( Panthera leo atrox or Panthera 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 (340,000 ya to 11,000 years ago), existing for approximately 329000 thousand years. Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene (340,000 years ago-11,000 years ago)ฤก1 feet (6 inches, 3.5 metres long), 5 feet (1.5 metres) tall
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