American lion

extinct species of big cats (Pantherinae)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q242358
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American lion

Summary

American lion is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,574 views/month, #45 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • American lion's image is recorded as Panthera atrox.jpg[3].
  • American lion's image is recorded as Panthera Atrox.jpg[4].
  • American lion's image is recorded as Panthera leo atrox Sergiodlarosa.jpg[5].
  • American lion's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[6].
  • American lion's taxon rank is recorded as species[7].
  • American lion's parent taxon is recorded as Panthera[8].
  • American lion's taxon range map image is recorded as Cave lion range.png[9].
  • American lion's taxon name is recorded as Panthera atrox[10].
  • American lion's Commons category is recorded as Panthera atrox[11].
  • American lion's start time is recorded as -340000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • American lion's end time is recorded as -11000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • American lion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jjph[14].
  • American lion's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60969147[15].
  • American lion's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 308747[16].
  • American lion's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9316347[17].
  • American lion's original combination is recorded as Felis atrox[18].
  • American lion's taxon synonym is recorded as Felis atrox[19].
  • American lion's taxon synonym is recorded as Panthera leo atrox[20].
  • American lion's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. atrox'}[21].
  • American lion's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 569096[22].
  • American lion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778513961[23].
  • American lion's KBpedia ID is recorded as AmericanLion[24].
  • American lion's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 46509[25].

Why It Matters

American lion ranks in the top 0.46% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,574 views/month, #45 of 9,701).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Oldest Known Pantherine Skull and Evolution of the Tiger. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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