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Cave Lion

Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Conservation Status

Extinct

The Cave Lion is an extinct species of big cat that lived in Europe during the Pleistocene. It was the most common large feline and cat in Eurasia during the Pleistocene and the Holocene.

Appearance[]

The cave lion resembled the extant lion, but its fossils indicate the lion to have been larger than today's lions.

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