The American lion makes the big cats of today look like kittens #nature #animalfacts #lion #wildlife

The American lion, also known as Panthera leo atrox, makes modern-day big cats look like kittens.

The American lion is an extinct big cat that roamed North America during the Late Pleistocene epoch (approximately 129,000 to 12,800 years ago). The American lion disappeared around 11,000 years ago during the Quaternary extinction event, alongside other megafauna.

They ranged from Alaska to Mexico and possibly into northwestern South America, though the fossils found in South America are believed to be that of large jaguars.

Fossils of the American lion are abundant in the La Brea Tar Pits, which suggests that they may have at least coexisted with Smilodon and dire wolves.

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