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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]
Felis (Leo) melanochaita was a black-maned lion specimen from the Cape of Good Hope that was described by Ch. H. Smith in 1842. [3] [4] In the 19th century, naturalists and hunters recognised it as a distinct subspecies because of this dark mane colour. [1] In the 20th century, some authors supported this view of the Cape lion being a distinct ...
Articles relating to Panthera leo melanochaita and its subgroups. It is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa.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.
Genome-wide data of a wild-born historical lion sample from Sudan showed that it clustered with P. l. leo in mtDNA-based phylogenies, but with a high affinity to P. l. melanochaita. This result suggested that the taxonomic position of lions in Central Africa may require revision. [19]
Range map including proposed clades and the two subspecies (P. l. leo and P. l. melanochaita) according to genetic research. Since the beginning of the 21st century, several phylogenetic studies were conducted to aid clarifying the taxonomic status of lion samples kept in museums and collected in the wild. Scientists analysed between 32 and 480 ...
The Man-eater of Mfuwe was a sizeable male Southern African lion (Panthera leo melanochaita) responsible for the deaths of six people. Measuring 3.2 metres (10 ft) long and standing at 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) tall at the shoulders, with a weight of 249 kilograms (500 lbs), [1] it is the largest man-eating lion on record.
Panthera leo melanochaita: Cape Province, South Africa Extermination campaign. [296] Genetics do not support subspecific differentiation between the Cape lion and living lions in Eastern Africa; if placed in a single subspecies, it would be P. l. melanochaita because of being the older name. [297] 1866 [298] Siau scops owl: Otus manadensis ...
A Panthera spelaea skull excavated near Montmaurin, Haute-Garonne, France, in the Muséum de Toulouse Skeleton of P. spelaea in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. The history of lions in Europe is part of the wider history of the lion species complex.