cave lion

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cave lion (plural cave lions)

  1. An extinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo spelaea, known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 202:
      After the arrival of humans in Europe, cave lions began to decrease in size.

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