The Cape lion was a lion Panthera leo melanochaita population in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces which has been locally extinct since the mid-19th century. The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842.
The Cape lion was a lion Panthera leo melanochaita population in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces which has been locally extinct since the mid-19th century. The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842.
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