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Lion

Panthera leo melanochaita

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Datasheet

Sex: male

Age: adult

Skull length: 36.9 cm

Skull width: 23.7 cm

Skull height: 16.6 cm

Skull weight: 1790 g

Owner: Hungarian Natural History Museum

Inventory number: 57.125.1.

Collecting area: Tanzania

Uploaded: 23 March 2018

Note: The skull is the property of and the photos are authenticated by the Hungarian Natural History Museum.

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Lion (Panthera leo) skull

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Lion (Panthera leo) skull lateral view

Lion (Panthera leo) skull dorsal view

Lion (Panthera leo) skull ventral view

Lion (Panthera leo) jaw

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