Lions are panthers, so are leopards, jaguars and tigers. None of them can purr but they can roar! They are sometimes called the roaring cats for this reason.
Panthera leo - lion
Panthera pardus - leopard
Panthera onca - jaguar
Panthera tigris - tiger
You could, if you were a “lion watcher” look for the these lions in Africa.
Panthera leo hollisteri - Congo lion
Panthera leo massaica - Masai lion
Panthera leo verneyi - Kalahari lion
Panthera leo krugeri - South African lion or Southeast African lion
Panthera leo azandica - North East Congo lion
Panthera leo bleyenberghi - Katanga lion or Southwest African lion
Panthera leo senegalensis - West African lion, or Senegal lion
You can’t look for these lions anymore – they’re extinct!
Panthera leo spelaea - Eurasian cave lion
Panthera leo atrox - American lion or North American cave lion
Panthera leo europaea - European lion
Panthera leo fossilis - Early Middle Pleistocene European cave lion
Panthera leo leo - Barbary lion, extinct in the wild
Panthera leo melanochaita - Cape lion
Panthera leo sinhaleyus - Sri Lanka lion or Ceylon lion.
Panthera leo vereshchagini - East Siberian and Beringian cave lion
Neil Heron
www.beardedheron.com
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