Barbary Lion
Panthera leo leo (North African population)
The colossal, dark-maned mountain lion of North Africa.
Weight 200 –
Bite Force ~800 PSI
Speed 58 km/h
Panthera leo
The Lion Populations
The only social cat species in nature: from the pride coalitions of sub-Saharan Africa to the massive Atlas mountain lion and the lost American lion of the Ice Age.
African Lion
Panthera leo
The undisputed social monarch of the African savanna.
Weight 160 –
Bite Force ~650 PSI
Speed 60 km/h
American Lion
Panthera atrox
The ice-age giant that ruled North America beside mammoths and bison.
Weight 230 –
Bite Force ~800 PSI
Speed 60 km/h
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