The Challenges and Relevance of Exploring the Genetics of North Africa’s “Barbary Lion” and the Conservation of Putative Descendants in Captivity

<div>Current and most recent historical distribution of lions (<i>Panthera leo</i>) in sub-Saharan Africa and India adapted from analysis of known lion habitats [<a href="/journals/ijeb/2016/6901892/#B11">11</a>], plus locations of now-extinct 20th century remnant populations in North Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan [<a href="/journals/ijeb/2016/6901892/#B2">2</a>, <a href="/journals/ijeb/2016/6901892/#B5">5</a>].</div>

International Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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Figure 1: The Challenges and Relevance of Exploring the Genetics of North Africa’s “Barbary Lion” and the Conservation of Putative Descendants in Captivity 

Figure 1 | The Challenges and Relevance of Exploring the Genetics of North Africa’s “Barbary Lion” and the Conservation of Putative Descendants in Captivity 