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Provedor de dados: | 16
País: | Netherlands
Título: | Ancient DNA analysis indicates the first English lions originated from North Africa
Autores: | Barnett, R.; Yamaguchi, N.; Shapiro, B.; Sabin, R.
Data: | 2008
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Panthera leo; Barbary lion; Medieval; Royal Menagerie; Tower of London; 42.84.
Resumo: | The Royal Menagerie of England was established at the Tower of London in the 13th Century and served as a home of exotic  animals until it was closed on behalf of the Duke of Wellington in 1835. Two well-preserved lion skulls recovered from the  moat of the Tower of London were recently radiocarbon-dated to AD 1280-1385 and AD 1420-1480, making them the earliest  confi rmed lion remains in the British Isles since the extinction of the Pleistocene cave lion. Using ancient DNA techniques and  cranio-morphometric analysis, we identify the source of these first English lions to lie in North Africa, where no natural lion population remains today.
Tipo: | Article / Letter to the editor

Identificador:

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/269602

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/98637

Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Contributions to Zoology (1383-4517) vol.77 (2008) nr.1 p.7
Fonte: | (c) Naturalis