Panthera leo ssp. leo
Panthera leo ssp. leo NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Panthera leo leo is a lion subspecies, which is present in West Africa, northern Central Africa and India. In West and Central Africa it is restricted to fragmented and isolated populations with a declining trajectory. It has been referred to as the ‘Northern lion’. Panthera leo leo is a lion subspecies, which is present in West Africa, northern Central Africa and India. In West and Central Africa it is restricted to fragmented and isolated populations with a declining trajectory. It is regionally extinct in North Africa, southern Europe, and West Asia. In 1930, Reginald Innes Pocock subordinated the lion to the genus Panthera when he wrote about Asiatic lion specimens in the zoological collection of the British Museum of Natural History. In the following decades, there has been much debate among zoologists on the validity of proposed subspecies:
| Status | Date Listed | Lead Region | Where Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endangered | 01/22/2016 | Foreign (Headquarters) | Wherever found |
| 12/23/2015 | 80 FR 79999 80056 | Listing Two Lion Subspecies; Final rule |
| 10/29/2014 | 79 FR 64471 64502 | Listing the African Lion Subspecies as Threatened With a Rule Under Section 4(d) of the ESA |
| 11/27/2012 | 77 FR 70727 70733 | Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the African Lion Subspecies as Endangered. |
| 06/02/1970 | 35 FR 8491 8498 | Part 17 - Conservation of Endangered Species and Other Fish or Wildlife (First List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife as Appendix A) |
| 04/14/1970 | 35 FR 6069 | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Endangered Species Conservation); 35 FR 6069 |
