Talk:European Lion
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[edit] Merge proposal of Lions in Europe with European lion
I agree to fusion this article with "Lions in Europe", because of the fact that the european population of lions isn't widely accept as a separate subspecies."
- I agree, but lions could also be a page that discusses the presence of the Asiatic lion and the European cave lion in Europe. Maybe even the lions in the Roman arenas. Peter Maas 10:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- European lions are also discussed in Asiatic lion#Asiatic Lions in Europe
- Well, I'm actually against it now. I've now edited the two articles. One is now about the (invalid) European lion subspecies. The other is on lions in Europe in general. It discusses the different subspecies, use in Roman arenas, and lions in European zoos. I will expand that article later. So I will remove the merge proposal. (Also because the one who proposed this proposal is not registered and did not sign his comment.) Peter Maas 21:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- I think the article Lions in Europe should be integrated in the other lion-articles. You could write to each animal in each country an article. For example Mice in Germany, Mice in Africa, Beavers in Kanada, Cervus elphus elaphus in Bavaria..... That is not very clearly laid out and not very "user-friendly". User:Altaileopard 15:05, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- I do not object the move of texts from Lions in Europe to other lemmas (not European lion), but I feel that European lion must stay here, meaning a lemma on the (possibly invalid) subspecies. Peter Maas 16:05, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copied from Lions in Europe
The following was copied from Lions in Europe: Athor was User:Pmaas
In historic times lions occurred in southeastern Europe. This Balkanic population is generally considered part of the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) group, but others consider it a separate subspecies, the European lion (Panthera leo europaea).
Aristotle and Herodotus wrote that lions were found in the Balkans in the middle of the first millennium B.C. When Xerxes advanced through Macedon in 480 B.C., several of his baggage camels were killed by lions. Lions are believed to have died out within the borders of present-day Greece in A.D. 80-100.
This sentence was copied from lions in Europe: (Author: User:Tarpan)
Due to geographical distribution they were more accessible to Romans than North African and Middle Eastern lions.
Copied and modified by User:Altaileopard 11:15, 05 Okt 2006 (UTC)
