Living in groups would also help with having to compete with American lions and Dire wolf.
How could an American tycoon not have the American literary lions in his library?
It was killed by an American lion whose claw and tooth marks still scar the hide.
She vaguely remembered reading of a North American lion, which had been bigger than the saber-tooths.
They also have manes, which are less developed than those of adult male South American and Steller sea lions.
The features and teeth of the extinct American lion strongly resemble modern lions, but they were considerably larger.
The American lion is believed to be the largest subspecies of lion.
Cladistic studies using morphological characteristics have been unable to resolve the phylogenetic position of the American lion.
It was generally not present in the same areas as the jaguar, as the latter favored forests, while American lions preferred open habitats.
In some areas of its range, the American lion lived under cold climatic conditions.