Panthera leo massaica

P. l. massaica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera leo
Subspecies: Panthera leo massaica

Name

Panthera leo massaica (Neumann, 1900)

Type locality: Kibaya, Massai-Land.

Synonyms

• Felis leo massaicus Neumann, 1900
• Felis leo sabakiensis Lönnberg, 1908
• Felis leo roosevelti Heller, 1913

References

• Neumann, O. 1900. Die von mir in den Jahren 1892–95 in Ostund Central-Africa, speciell in den Massai-Ländern und den Ländern am Victoria Nyansa gesammelten und beobachteten Säugethiere. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 13: 550-551.
• Heller, E. 1913. New races of carnivores and baboons from equatorial Africa and Abyssinia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 61(19): 2.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Links

• Panthera leo massaica in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Panthera leo massaica (Neumann, 1900) Panthera leo massaica Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Masai lion
español: León Masai
italiano: Leone masai
polski: Lew masajski
suomi: Masaileijona