Talk:Somali lion

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Leo1pard (talk) 16:57, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Genetics
The work of Bertola et al. (2016) indicates that the southern Somali lion (no haplotype for other Somali regions mentioned in that map) is not part of the Northern clade, but the Eastern-Southern clade. Plus, Somalia is not regarded as being in Northern Africa, but Eastern or Northeastern Africa, from what I see. Leo1pard (talk) 06:14, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Leo1pard (talk) 05:51, 18 August 2017 (UTC)


 * As already noticed by earlier authors: lion is extinct in Somalia! Escaped your notice apparently. And had been considered syn. with leo already 80 years ago! Which was agreed and not questioned by later authors, including Wozencraft 2005. Bertola et al. 2011 / 2016 did not have samples of wild lions from Somalia. You seem to be the only 'expert' who doubts and questions results of studies and assessments. Btw: I read that article, no need to clutter it in talk pages over and over again. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 06:27, 18 August 2017 (UTC)


 * ... What you said about Somali lions being extinct contradicts the reference you gave, besides a report that I saw about lions returning there. Read it again. Leo1pard (talk) 09:01, 18 August 2017 (UTC)


 * The reference that you used to justify its extinction there actually says:

"Countries occurrence:	Native: Angola (Angola); Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; India; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Possibly extinct: Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Rwanda; Togo Regionally extinct:

Afghanistan; Algeria; Burundi; Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Gabon; Gambia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Lesotho; Libya; Mauritania; Morocco; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Western Sahara." Leo1pard (talk) 09:04, 18 August 2017 (UTC)