Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 40(2) 1997

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VOL 40(2) 1997

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Panthera spelaea, Late Pleistocene, bone remains, Yakutia, N-E Asia

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New finds of Late Pleistocene lions, Panthera (Leo) spelaea in Yakutia (North-Eastern Asia)

• Gennady BOYESKOROV
• Peter LAZAREV

Abstract:

P. spelaea was one of the most widely distributed but not numerous predators in the Late Pleistocene tundra-steppes of Yakutia. Their bone remains are found in the valleys of practically all the big rivers of this region: Lena, Viluy, Aldan, Olenyok, Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma and also on Novosibirskie islands. Recently, 3 mandibles and a cranium of P. spelaea were found in the territory of Yakutia. Most remains of Yakutian lions belong to comparatively small form.