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Tuscany lion

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Tuscany lion
Skull exhibited in the Museo di Paleontologia di Firenze
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
P. toscana
Binomial name
Panthera toscana
(Schaub, 1949)

The Tuscany lion (Panthera toscana), or Tuscany jaguar, was a prehistoric large feline of the Villafranchian of Italy. It was initially proposed as a distinct species Panthera toscana, but is now often recognized as an early form of Panthera gombaszoegensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Turner, A. (1997). The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231102285.

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