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08-30-2016, 01:07 AM( This post was last modified: 08-30-2016, 01:17 AM by tigerluver )
(08-29-2016, 10:18 AM)jacksonsmash Wrote: if the cave lion was not a sub species of lion does that mean they lived with p leo in europe side by side
It is unlikely that the cave lion (P. spelaea), shared its range with the modern lion (P. leo). The modern lion (P. leo) entered Europe after the extinction of the cave lion. You can consider the product of niche. Despite P. spelaea having a good amount of size over its modern relatives, the prey species size was not different enough for P. leo to deal with the physically superior P. spelaea as competition. This is likely the same reason the tiger did not extend into the Caucuses until relatively recently.