Panthera leo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera leo
Subspecies: P. l. azandica – P. l. bleyenberghi – P. l. hollisteri – P. l. kamptzi – P. l. krugeri – P. l. leo – P. l. massaica – ?P. l. maculatus – P. l. nubica – P. l. persica – P. l. senegalensis – P. l. verneyi – P. l. nyanzae – P. l. roosevelti – P. l. somaliensis

Subspecies extincta: †P. l. atrox – †P. l. melanochaita – †P. l. sinhaleyus – †P. l. spelaea – †P. l. vereshchagini

Name

Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "Africa", restricted by J. A. Allen (1924: 222) to "the Barbary coast region of Africa, or, more explicitly, Constantine, Algeria".

Synonymy

Felis leo (protonym)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 41 BHL Reference page.
Panthera leo in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Haas, K.S., Hayssen, V. & Krausman, P.R. 2005. Panthera leo. Mammalian Species 762: 1–11. PDF.

Links

Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
IUCN: Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Leeu
ak: Gyata
aragonés: Lión, Leyón
العربية: أسد (ʾĀsad)
অসমীয়া: সিংহ
Boarisch: Léwe, Löwe
беларуская: Леў (Lew)
български: Лъв (Lăv)
বাংলা: সিংহ
català: Lleó
нохчийн: Лоьм
čeština: Lev
словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Львъ
Cymraeg: Llew
dansk: Løve
Deutsch: Löwe
eʋegbe: Dzata
Ελληνικά: Λιοντάρι (Liondári)
English: Lion
Esperanto: Leono
español: León
eesti: Lõvi
euskara: Lehoi
فارسی: شیر (Šayr)
suomi: Leijona
føroyskt: Leyva
Nordfriisk: Lööw
français: Lion
galego: León-leoa
ગુજરાતી: સિંહ
Hawaiʻi: Liona
עברית: אריה
हिन्दी: सिंह (singh, siṅha), शेर (Śēra)
hrvatski: Lav
magyar: Oroszlán
հայերեն: Առյուծ
Bahasa Indonesia: Singa
íslenska: Ljón
italiano: Leone
日本語: ライオン (Raion)
Jawa: Singa
한국어: 사자 (saja)
кыргызча: Арстан
Limburgs: Liew
lingála: Nkosi
lietuvių: Liūtas
latviešu: Lauva
Malagasy: Liona
македонски: Лав (lav)
മലയാളം: സിംഹം (simham)
मराठी: सिंह (singh, siṅha), शेर (Śēra)
Bahasa Melayu: Singa
Malti: Iljun
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ခြင်္သေ့
Nederlands: Leeuw
norsk nynorsk: Løve
norsk: Løve
Diné bizaad: Náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਬੱਬਰ ਸ਼ੇਰ
polski: lew afrykański
português: Leão
română: Leu
русский: Лев (Lev)
sardu: Lioni
slovenščina: Lev
SiSwati: Libubesi
Sesotho: Tau
Sunda: Singa
svenska: Lejon
Kiswahili: Simba
தமிழ்: சிங்கம்
ไทย: สิงโต
Tagalog: Leon
Türkçe: Aslan
українська: Лев (Lev)
vèneto: Leon
Tiếng Việt: Sư tử
ייִדיש: לייב
中文（简体）: 狮
中文（繁體）: 獅

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