斯里兰卡狮(学名:Panthera leo sinhaleyus)是狮的史前亚种,斯里兰卡的特有种。它们约于3万7千年前灭绝,正值人类到达斯里兰卡的时候。
斯里兰卡狮的化石只有在Kuruwita发现的两颗牙齿,故很难确定它们与其他狮的亚种有何分别。描述者并没有明确指出为何这些完模标本是属于狮的亚种,只解释它们较现今狮的牙齿长及窄,故是一个新的亚种。
参考
- Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Rajith Dissanayake, Madhava Meegaskumbura. 2005. A second extinct big cat from the late Quaternary of Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 12: 423–434. National University of Singapore. Online pdf
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