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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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07-09-2017, 01:28 AM ( This post was last modified: 07-09-2017, 04:20 AM by genao87 )

(06-28-2017, 02:29 AM)tigerluver Wrote: @genao87 The general and most recent consensus is that the cave/American lions are sister to the modern lion lineage, separate close to 2 mya. The jaguar theory never really caught on and I still read rebuttals of it in papers every now and then. It seems P. atrox converged with the jaguar in some morphological traits, but DNA shows they are not closely related.

Okay,  so just to make sure I understand you.  The Cave Lions and American Lions were NOT lions at all. It is then safe to assume that they came from an ancestor cat and due to evolution, arose the Cave/American Lions (not lions) and the modern african lion we know today?
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - genao87 - 07-09-2017, 01:28 AM
Sabertoothed Cats - brotherbear - 06-11-2016, 11:29 AM
RE: Sabertoothed Cats - peter - 06-11-2016, 03:58 PM
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