The pleistocene cave lion , Panthera spelaea ( Carnivora , Felidae ) from Yakutia , Russia
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Analysis of skulls and mandibles of the fossil Beringian lion demonstrate that the small lion that inhabited Yakutia (Russia), Alaska (USA), and the Yukon Territory (Canada) is a new subspecies described here as Pu~ltl lcra spelncu z~erc.sl7c-llugirri n. subsp. It differs from the European cave lion P. spelacu (terra typica: Gailenreutl~ Cave, Germany, Late Pleistocene) by its smaller size and from the American lion P. nlvox (terra typica: Natchez, Mississippi, Late Pleistocene) by smaller size and by skull proportions.
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