Superb Barbary Lion

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GDB

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hy everybody,
just came across this superb Barbary lion and I was wondering if somebody can recognise the zoo and the lion:
Many thanks!!!
 
Well first things first, that's probably not a pure Barbary. It's likely what's called a zoomix, or a hybrid of multiple subspecies. Though with the recent lumping of all lions north of the Congo into P. leo leo, we wouldn't know unless we gave them a DNA test
 
many thanks! yes, seems smaller in body size but the face is more handsome than of other lions with similarly big mane; any idea of his name and location? any proper Barbary lions that you know that were tested by the zoos?
 
GDB said:
any proper Barbary lions that you know that were tested by the zoos?
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There's plenty of lions which are claimed to be Barbary, but none actually *are* given the fact the taxon is extinct. The best one can get are lions with some Barbary heritage and which display the general phenotype.
 
Why do you not like the one in the photo you linked?

Le Parc Des Felins in France should be easy for you to get to if you are in Belgium. They had three Barbary type males in one of their massive lion enclosures, but they looked quite old (so I don't know if they are still alive). Here is a photo of two of them that I posted in the gallery, taken in April 2013.
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the big boys | ZooChat
 
Arizona Docent said:
Why do you not like the one in the photo you linked?

Le Parc Des Felins in France should be easy for you to get to if you are in Belgium. They had three Barbary type males in one of their massive lion enclosures, but they looked quite old (so I don't know if they are still alive). Here is a photo of two of them that I posted in the gallery, taken in April 2013.
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the big boys | ZooChat
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Impressive! How majestic.
 
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