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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Photo: "Tower Lions" May Help Resurrect Extinct African Breed?


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A pair of lion skulls from the Tower of London's medieval Royal Menagerie belonged to a lion subspecies that is now extinct in the wild, scientists announced.

DNA studies show that the two big cats, both pictured above, are Barbary lions that originated in northwestern Africa.

Photographs courtesy Natural History Museum, London