American Lion
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The American lion is, quite obviously, a lion that lived in North America. Though it has been argued for years whether it was more closely related to lions, tigers or jaguars, genteic evidence shows it is descended from lions that migrated across the Bering Strait when it was a land bridge between Asia and North America. The American lion is the largest subspecies of lion, and resembles living lions in many ways. Males are larger than females. It lived in both woodlands and open plains, preying on larger animals than the contemporary saber-toothed cat Smilodon. We have two young American lions, Atrox and Sabor. Born on November 22, 2016 to a surrogate African lion, the two are weaned and are growing nicely. Sabor, the lighter colored female, is more rambunctious than her brother. |
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