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Contents 1 Removed link 2 What? 3 how relevant is the molecular phylogeny cite? 4 Cause of the extinction 5 Cave Lion 6 Size

[edit] Removed link

removed link to http://hanskrause.de/HKHPE/hkhpe_11_02.htm

a quote from this site: There is only one cause known, which is able to do that, to kill them all and to take up silt, sand, and gravel, and to bury them: water! Most of these animals of the mammoth fauna were killed by the global Flood of Noah's days in the year 2370 B.C.E. SAMANTHA PTACEK LOVES JACOB ZILLGIT!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.191.142.18 (talk) 16:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What?

What is "plain coloured"?

Beige?

White?

The color of the plains?

[edit] how relevant is the molecular phylogeny cite?

The molecular phylogeny reference is to the european cave lion, not the american, so its relevance is open to question, unless there is other literature which argues strongly that they are the same species.--68.35.8.201 06:20, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cause of the extinction

What's the posited cause of the extinction? Did the Indians kill it?TCO 03:18, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Most likely, like the Australian megafauna extinction the cause would not be one thing, it could be a combination of hunting, habitat changes, the extinction of other large species used for food etc. The fact is we proberly will never know, as evidence for ancient extinction is rarer that the fossils. Enlil Ninlil 04:42, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cave Lion

Why is the cave lion present in the classification chapter ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.156.52.117 (talk) 21:33, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Size

There is no weight estimate in the article. Since one of the most notable things about this species is its large size, one should be provided. Vultur (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok of you go toodaloo, with a reference please. Enlil Ninlil (talk) 01:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I added the estimate of 500 kg from Carbone et al. 2007 (the paper is at [1]). He is citing Anyonge 1993, but I cannot access that on my computer.

This is on the larger end of estimates for P. (leo) atrox; can you find a smaller estimate for this species? Vultur (talk) 22:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)