American Lion Skeleton Replica

Description

American Lion Skeleton Replica for Felinology

American lion skeleton replica measures 90.0 x 29.8 x 40.0 inches and is articulated. Panthera atrox skeleton is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation, Page Museum specimen. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

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Preserved skin remains found with skeletal material considered by some to belong to the American lion found in caves in Patagonia is reddish in color.

Preserved fur of the closely related P. spelaea found in Siberia suggests P. spelaea had have similar colorations to the modern lion, although slightly lighter.

It likely had a thick, as well as dense, undercoat comprising closed and compressed yellowish-to-white wavy downy hair with a smaller mass of darker-coloured guard hairs.

Boeskorov (2021) suggested while juveniles had yellowish fur, adults probably had grey fur. While it is unknown if American lions were maned or maneless, cave art of P. spelaea indicating that males lacked manes or at best had small manes.

Scientific Classification:

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Suborder: Feliformia
• Family: Felidae
• Subfamily: Pantherinae
• Genus: Panthera
• Species: †P. atrox
• Binomial name: †Panthera atrox
• Conservation Status: Extinct

All four species shared extreme mandibular robusticity. The American lion, saber-toothed cat and the dire wolf featured reinforced chin symphyses to withstand the struggle of subduing prey, while the Harlan’s ground sloth had a massive mandible to support the heavy muscles needed for circular grinding.