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Leogon — American Lion(Panthera (leo) atrox)
Published: 2013-11-20 11:06:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 5674; Favourites: 151; Downloads: 44
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Rapidograph and sepia ink drawing of an American lion.
The American lion (Panthera leo atrox or P. atrox) — also known as the North American lion, Naegele’s giant jaguar orAmerican cave lion — is an extinct lion of the family Felidae , endemic to North America and northwestern South America during the Pleistocene epoch (0.34 mya to 11,000 years ago), existing for approximately 0.33 million years.[1] It has been shown by genetic analysis to be a sister lineage to the Eurasian cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea or P. spelaea).(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American…
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Beautifully done! He must have been a magnificient cat.
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Thanks a lot.They were really magnificent
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I think this will do nicely for the American Lion's profile for the versus segment on tomorrow's Prehistory: A Traveler's Guide episode.
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I'm so glad to hear you like them works
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Sounds great! something like Blue babe!
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More recently the lion fossils form South America are now believed to be large jaguars ,limiting the lions range to only North America,they probably never entered South America because of the Smilodon populator.
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Really? so the lions of Peru were just Large jags?
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Thanks.
It's a technical pen.Actually the one I use is branded as Isograph by Rotring.I use the sizes from 0.1 to 0.7mm.
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