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Mammals
   Marsupials
   Lions
     Indian Lion
     Cape Lion I
     Cape Lion II
   Tiger
   Quagga
   Sumatran Rhino
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Compiled by
  Fritz Geller-Grimm

 
Collections

The Cape Lions (Panthera leo melanochaita)
of the Museum Wiesbaden

- additional photographs (2000) -


Panthera leo melanochaita Panthera leo melanochaita
Panthera leo melanochaita Panthera leo melanochaita
Panthera leo melanochaita

In addition: A skull of a lion from the Kalahari desert
with following informationen:
  • according to the inventory book (prob. 1903): Panthera leo capensis, Kalahari desert, SW-Africa, 1902, C. Berger, missionary [inventory number 52]
  • according to the index card (prob. 1970): Panthera leo melanochaita, Kalahari desert, SW-Africa, missionary Carl Berger, 1902 [inventory number 52]
According to the paper of (1966), it is probalby a skull of Panthera leo vernayi.

Panthera leo melanochaita: skull

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