The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.

2024年8月6日 · During the last ice age, lions lived in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America, giving them one of the largest ranges of any mammal! The lions that lived in North America were called American lions. For paleontologists, these lions are a source of debate; how they are related to other big cats is uncertain.

Commonly known as the American lion, the relationship between Panthera atrox and other big cats around the world has been difficult to classify. Scientists have identified similarities between this cat and modern lions, tigers and jaguars, as well as close similarities with the extinct European cave lion.

2023年3月18日 · Nearly all American lion remains have been found south of the ice sheets that once covered much of the continent—save for one 67,000-year-old specimen from a Yukon site. Salis identified this...

2023年3月13日 · Cave lions and their larger relatives, American lions, first entered North America during the last ice age, toward the end of the Pleistocene. Already part of the landscape in Europe, humans painted and carved portraits of these enormous lions in caves, including the famed Chauvet Cave in France.

2019年3月24日 · Unfortunately, by the end of the last Ice Age, all of these vicious carnivores occupied the same dismal playing field, hunted to extinction by early humans at the same time as climate change and a reduction in their usual prey thinned out their populations.

2015年4月14日 · American Lions (Panthera leo atrox) This carnivorous Paleolithic creature inhabited the Americas as far north as Alaska and as far south as Peru. These gigantic lions (males were 25% larger than African lions) could reach top speeds of 30 mph and survived in North America until 10,000 years ago.

2024年5月27日 · Why did the American lion go extinct? By the end of the last ice age that took place in North America about 12,000 years ago, as many as 60 mammalian species went extinct. The American lion was one of them. Experts believe a combination of climate change and human activities led to their extinction. Thank you for reading! Have some feedback for us?

Scientists are still not sure what led to the extinction of American lion at the end of the Ice Age, 13.000 years ago. Some of the most probable causes are rapid climate change and extinction of large herbivorous animals (in other words: lack of food).

2008年8月26日 · Even the American Lion, a deadly and feared predator of the Ice Age, feel prey to the all consuming death trap that was the Ice Age tar pit. Watch this awesome video from BBC wild history...