The Mosbacher lion. The giant cat from Wiesbaden
The huge Mosbacher lion (Panthera leo fossilis), which is named for about 600,000 year old remains from the former village Mosbach near Wiesbaden in Hesse, is the center of the pocket book of the Wiesbaden-based science writer Ernst Probst. This Mosbacher lion is with a total length of up to 3.60 meters as the largest lion ever in Germany and Europe. His body length was about 2.40 meters, 1.20 meters further tailor its tail. From this magnificent big cat is the European cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea), who during the ice age (Pleistocene) from about 300,000 to 10,000 years ago lived in Europe. Even bigger than the lion Mosbacher and the European Cave Lion was the American Cave Lion (Panthera leo atrox) from the ice age about 100,000 to 10,000 years ago. Described is also characterized by strong end of the Ice Age climate changes in Germany. The small paperback entitled "The Mosbacher Lion" is an excerpt from the large paperback "cave lions. Wild cats in Ice Age "by Ernst Probst.
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http://www.grin.com/e-book/150768/der-mosbacher-loewe
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