Panthera leo massaica

P. l. massaica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera leo
Subspecies: Panthera leo massaica

Name

Panthera leo massaica (Neumann, 1900)

Type locality: Kibaya, Massai-Land.

Synonyms

• Felis leo massaicus Neumann, 1900
• Felis leo sabakiensis Lönnberg, 1908
• Felis leo roosevelti Heller, 1913

References

• Neumann, O. 1900. Die von mir in den Jahren 1892–95 in Ostund Central-Africa, speciell in den Massai-Ländern und den Ländern am Victoria Nyansa gesammelten und beobachteten Säugethiere. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 13: 550–551.
• Heller, E. 1913. New races of carnivores and baboons from equatorial Africa and Abyssinia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 61 (19): 2.
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Panthera leo massaica in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Panthera leo massaica (Neumann, 1900) Panthera leo massaica – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Masai lion
español: León Masai
suomi: Masaileijona
italiano: Leone masai
polski: Lew masajski