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Panthera atrox

American Cave Lion(+23)·Leidy, 1853

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5.2 Geographic distribution By the late Pleistocene, the American lion was widely distributed from Alaska to southern Mexico. The earliest known occurrences are from the Sangamonian interglacial stage, including localities in the western of the United States, as well as northern and central Mexico (KurtØn and Anderson, 1980; Van Devender et al., 1985), indicating that this large-sized cat reached regions of southern temperate North America in a relatively short time. Subsequently, the American lion spread its distribution to the Great Plains, the Great Basin, the California Coast, the Gulf Coast, and Mexico during the Wisconsinan (KurtØn and Anderson, 1980; Lange, 2002). Based on the known geographic distribution of Panthera atrox, it seems that it was a common inhabitant of temperate areas of central-western North America, although it was able to reach tropical areas that now are part of southern Mexico (Fig. 5). Previous to this study, the American lion Panthera atrox has been reported from nine Mexican localities in northern (La Brisca (Sonora); Arroyo-Cabrales et al., 2005), central (San Josecito (Nuevo León), El Cedral (San Luis Potosí), El Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Chapala – Zacoalco (Jalisco), Tequixquiac (State of Mexico); Freudenberg, 1910; Mooser and Dalquest, 1975; Lorenzo and Mirambell, 1981; Arroyo-Cabrales and Polaco, 2003; Arroyo-Cabrales et al., 2005; Lucas, 2008), and southern (La Simpatía, La Tejería y Villa Corzo (Chiapas); Aviaea, 1969; Montellano-Ballesteros and Carbot-Chanona, 2009; Carbot-Chanona and Gómez-PØrez, 2014) areas of the country. The record reported here supplements its presence in central Mexico, specifically in areas that now are part of southeastern Hidalgo. It is noted that most of the localities where Panthera atrox has been reported are located in central Mexico, between 19 and 24 ◦ N at an altitude from 1500 to 2250 m a. s. l. (including El Barrio locality at 2184 m a. s. l., Hidalgo (present study )), whereas the occurrences in northern (La Brisca, Sonora) and southern (Chiapasan localities) Mexico are located at a mean altitude of 750 m a. s. l. (Fig. 6 a). According to the major biogeographic corridors of Ceballos et al. (2010), the records of Panthera atrox from northwestern and central Mexico (including the Hidalgoan record considered in the present study) indicate that this felid used the corridors of the Rocky Mountains – Sierra Madre Occidental and / or central US – northern Mexico, which correspond to the southern Rocky Mountains – Sierra Madre Occidental branch and to the Great Plains – western Chihuahua / Central Plateau corridors, respectively (after Ferrusquía-Villafranca et al., 2010). Furthermore, it used the corridor of the Tamaulipas – Central America Gulf Lowlands (i. e., Gulf Coastal Plain corridor (after Ferrusquía-Villafranca et al., 2010 )) for reaching southern tropical areas of the Mexican territory (Fig. 6 b).

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 20 languages.

American Cave LionengAmerican LionengAmerika aslanıturAmerikaanse LeeuafrAmerikaanse leeuwnld+19 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 20 languages.

American Cave Lion

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American Lion

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Amerika aslanı

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Amerikaanse Leeu

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Amerikaanse leeuw

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Amerikai oroszlán

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