Cave lion cub

[Blackleopard]

Yeah but with taxidermy animals can look quite a lot different then they'd look in real life, generally a lot of shape can be lost and structure in the face. I don't think it looks like a bear, the body is some what lion like or hyena.

The baby lion does have some of the lighter brown color you'd attribute to lions.  

And if the lion isn't decedents of the actual cave lions then what about the cave lions drawings in France, are those related, or are those just depictions of lioness's hunting, perhaps the male lion was not seen hunting, and the artist depicted the lioness's as so often seen doing the hunting.  

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