斯里蘭卡獅(學名:Panthera leo sinhaleyus)是獅的史前亞種,斯里蘭卡的特有種。牠們約於3萬7千年前滅絕,正值人類到達斯里蘭卡的時候。
斯里蘭卡獅的化石只有在Kuruwita發現的兩顆牙齒,故很難確定牠們與其他獅的亞種有何分別。描述者並沒有明確指出為何這些完模標本是屬於獅的亞種,只解釋它們較現今獅的牙齒長及窄,故是一個新的亞種。
參考
- 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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