Tuscany Lion
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Tuscany lion |
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Panthera toscana (Schaub, 1949) |
The Tuscany lion or Tuscany jaguar was a prehistoric feline of the Villafranchian of Italy. Although primal given its own classification, Panthera toscana is often recognized as an early form and a synonym of Panthera gombaszoegensis today.
[edit] Literature
- A. Turner: The big cats and their fossil relatives. Columbia University Press, 1997.ISBN 0-231-10229-1