Panthera leo leo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

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

nom

Panthera leo leo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "Africa", restricted by J. A. Allen (1924:222) to "the Barbary coast region of Africa, or, more explicitly, Constantine, Algeria".

Synonyms

Felis leo Linnaeus, 1758
Felis leo barbaricus Meyer, 1826
Leo africanus Brehm, 1829
Felis leo α barbarus Fischer, 1829
Felis leo nubicus Blainville, 1843
Felis leo nigra Loche, 1858
Leo nobilis Gray, 1867
[Felis leo] var. somaliensis Noack, 1891

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth Edition (10 ed.), Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 1: 41.
Meyer, J. N. 1826. Dissertatio inauguralis anatomico–medica de genere felium. Dissertation, Doctor of Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria: 6.
Brehm, C. L. 1829. 1829. Der Löwe, keine Katze. Isis [Isis von Oken; Oken’s Isis] 22: 638.
de Blainville, H. M. D. 1843. Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères récents et fossils pour servir de base à la zoologie et la géologie. Volume 2 . J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris, France.
Loche, 1858. Catalog de mammals et oiseaux observes en Algérie. [publisher and location not known].
Gray, J. E. 1867. Notes on the skull of the cats (Felidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1867: 263.
Noack, T. 1891. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Säugetier-Fauna von Ostafrika. Jahrbuch Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstaiten, 9 (1): 120.

Links

Panthera leo leo in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Panthera leo leo (Linnaeus, 1758) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

العربية: أسد بربري
беларуская: Берберыйскі леў
català: lleó d'Atlas
Deutsch: Berberlöwe
English: Barbary Lion
español: León del Atlas o bereber
suomi: Barbarileijona
français: Lion de l'atlas
עברית: אריה אפריקני
हिन्दी: Babbar sher
italiano: Leone di barberia
日本語: バーバリライオン
Nederlands: Berberleeuw
polski: Lew berberyjski
português: Leão do Atlas
русский: Атласский лев, Берберийский лев
Türkçe: Nubiya aslanı