Barbary lion
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The Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) was a local group of lions which are now extinct in the wild {IUCN}. The Barbary lion was also called the Atlas lion and the Nubian lion. It was a local group, or perhaps subspecies, of the lion. It used to live in North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt including countries like Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
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A Barbary lion from Algeria, 1893 | |
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Panthera leo leo (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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