Panthera leo leo
Clasificare științifică
SupradomeniuBiota
SupraregnEukaryota
RegnAnimalia
SubregnEumetazoa
ÎncrengăturăChordata
SubîncrengăturăVertebrata
InfraîncrengăturăGnathostomata
SupraclasăSarcopterygii
ClasăMammalia
SubclasăTetrapodomorpha
InfraclasăElpistostegalia
SupraordinLaurasiatheria
OrdinCarnivora
MagnordinBoreoeutheria
SubordinFeliformia
InfraordinAeluroidea
SuprafamilieFeloidea
FamilieFelidae
SubfamiliePantherinae
GenPanthera
SpeciePanthera leo
Subspecie
Panthera leo leo[1]
L., 1758
Sinonime
Felis leo barbaricus Johann Nepomuk von Meyer[*][[Johann Nepomuk von Meyer (Austrian doctor of medicine and zoologist (fl. 1826))|​]], 1826
Felis leo persicus Johann Nepomuk von Meyer[*][[Johann Nepomuk von Meyer (Austrian doctor of medicine and zoologist (fl. 1826))|​]], 1826
Felis leo senegalensis Johann Nepomuk von Meyer[*][[Johann Nepomuk von Meyer (Austrian doctor of medicine and zoologist (fl. 1826))|​]], 1826
Panthera leo persica Johann Nepomuk von Meyer[*][[Johann Nepomuk von Meyer (Austrian doctor of medicine and zoologist (fl. 1826))|​]], 1826
Panthera leo senegalensis Johann Nepomuk von Meyer[*][[Johann Nepomuk von Meyer (Austrian doctor of medicine and zoologist (fl. 1826))|​]], 1826
Leo gambianus J.E.Gray, 1843

Panthera leo leo este o subspecie de leu, care este prezent în Africa de Vest, nordul Africii Centrale și India.[2] În Africa de Vest și Centrală se limitează la populații fragmentate și izolate, cu o traiectorie descendentă.[3][4] Acesta a fost denumit leul nordic.[5][6][7]

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  7. ^ Äbischer, T.; Ibrahim, T.; Hickisch, R.; Furrer, R. D.; Leuenberger, C.; Wegmann, D. (). „Apex predators decline after an influx of pastoralists in former Central African Republic hunting zones” (PDF). Biological Conservation. 241: 108326. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108326.