History of lions in Mesopotamia

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In the past, [[Asiatic lion]]s (''[[Panthera leo leo]]'') had occurred in [[Mesopotamia]].<ref name=Geptner1972>Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972). ''Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza.'' Vysšaia Škola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992). [https://ift.tt/2p3yEKw ''Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).''] Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).</ref><ref name=Pocock1939>Pocock, R. I. (1939). [https://ift.tt/2oSci2J ''The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1'']. Taylor and Francis Ltd., London. Pp. 199–222.</ref><ref name=Haas2005></ref> It had hair on the underbelly, unlike modern lions in the wilderness of [[India]],<ref name=Ashrafian2011></ref> and also, a relief from [[Nineveh]] in the Mesopotamian Plain shows a lion with underbelly hair. Therefore, it was suspected that the Mesopotamian lion may have been a distinct subspecies, for which the [[scientific name]] ''Panthera leo mesopotamica'' was proposed.<ref name="Ashrafian2011"/> A number of lions were shot in the 19th Century.<ref name=Kinnear1920></ref>

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