Panthera spelaea (GOLDFUSS 1810) from North-Western Croatia

Abstract

The comparative analysis of the cave lion teeth (M1 and P4) from North-western Croatian Pleistocene sites (Veternica, Velika pecina and Vindija caves) indicated the presence of Middle and Upper Pleistocene forms of this species. Some common characteristics of stratigraphically younger populations of the cave lion from North-western Croatia and the Repolusthöhle population, suggest that Croatian populations belong to the Westeuropean lineage with special characteristics.