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Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

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Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

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10-17-2019, 08:53 PM

(10-17-2019, 07:25 PM)lionjaguar Wrote: While I don't entirely believe they'll find one (or, honestly, if Cape lions are even distinct as a population) but nevertheless it's cool to see and hope for the best!

Actually, Cape lions were just a southern population of th existing South African lions. Although they had some characteristics that may suggest a differentiation, we must take in count that those were described by only a couple of skulls and skins from the area, so are not very reliable.

Mazák said that cape lions had a distinct mane in the last part of they abdomen, but modern Kruger lions also have that, check this male for example, know as "Hairy belly":

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Those old taxonomic characteristics should be taken carefully as where based in very few specimens, this is the case with all the lion and tiger subspecies.
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RE: Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia - GuateGojira - 10-17-2019, 08:53 PM
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