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North-East / Central / Equatorial African lions

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01-23-2019, 10:59 PM ( This post was last modified: 03-28-2020, 10:58 PM by BorneanTiger )

Now for the Nubian lion (Panthera leo nubica), whose taxonomic name was used for East African lions to the south, or confused with the Atlas lion. Nubia is a historical region which is currently divided between Egypt and Sudan, so when De Blainville described a lion under Felis leo nubicus in 1843, he wasn't referring to a lion from the Atlas Mountains or Kenya, but from either Egypt or Sudan (https://web.archive.org/web/201707281311...ra_leo.pdf).

Image of lion reliefs in Nubian Sudan by The Wire: https://thewire.in/history/rediscovering...ubia-sudan

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Nubian lion in New York Zoo, 1903: https://archive.org/stream/annualreportn...9/mode/1up

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Remember Jackie the MGM lion (1928–1956)?




Jackie was said to be from the Nubian desert of Sudan: https://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/201...l_tid.html
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