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The Cape lion was a lion Panthera leo melanochaita population in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces that has been locally extinct since the mid-19th century. [1] [2] The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842. [3] The Cape lion was once considered a distinct lion subspecies.
Extinct or Alive is an American wildlife documentary television programme produced for Animal Planet by Hot Snakes Media of New York City, the United States.It is hosted by wildlife biologist and television personality Forrest Galante, who travels to different locations around the globe to learn about possibly extinct animals and whether or not there is a chance that they may still be extant. [1]
Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa. [1] In this part of Africa, lion populations are regionally extinct in Lesotho, Djibouti and Eritrea, and are threatened by loss of habitat and prey base, killing by local people in retaliation for loss of livestock, and in several countries also by trophy hunting. [2]
Cape lion: Panthera leo melanochaita Smith, 1842: Lion (Panthera leo) Carnivora: mid 19th century Africa: Barbary lion: Panthera leo leo Linnaeus, 1758: Lion (Panthera leo) Carnivora: 1960s Africa: Southern Rocky Mountain wolf: Canis lupus nubilus Nowak, 1995: Grey wolf (Canis lupus) Carnivora: 1935 North America: Kenai Peninsula wolf: Canis ...
A mountain lion is captured in a San Francisco neighborhood and taken to the Oakland Zoo before his planned release back into the wild. Mountain lion captured alive after prowling San Francisco ...
The Cape lion, a distinct subpopulation of the Southern African lion which had a black mane that extended through its belly, and used to live in the Cape Region. The Tygerberg Zoo attracted international attention when John Spence found lions in captivity in Russia, and brought two of them back to the Tygerberg Zoo.
A young boy in Zimbabwe was rescued from a “lion-infested” national park after going missing for five days.. Tinotenda Pudu, 7, went missing from his village in the northwest of the country on ...
Four divers who went missing Sunday south of Cape Fear, North Carolina, have been rescued by the United States Coast Guard and the US Navy, officials said. 4 divers who went missing off the coast ...