American Lion (Panthera atrox)

[Smilodon-Rex]

(10-24-2018, 07:05 PM)brotherbear Wrote: I would suppose that right after the mass extinction of most of the large herbivores, the remaining bison were at first too scattered and few for atrox to make it. It seems a shame for such a well-equipped predator to go extinct. What an incredible big cat!

As a matter of fact, American lion may be possible to survive in human civilization period, this large feline still existed at the beginning of the Holocene, unfortunately because of the Homo species invaded the  new continent, American lion gone to the extinction finally, the last American lion's record may left in the great lakes about 8000 years ago Reply