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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 784518" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>One of the coolest places I've ever visited was the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.beringia.com/" target="_blank">http://www.beringia.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Make sure you check out the Research Library, where they give details about several unique creatures that once roamed the Earth.</p><p></p><p>Jefferson's Ground Sloth</p><p>Woolly Mammoth (an oldie but a goodie)</p><p>American Mastodon</p><p>North-American Short-Faced Bear</p><p>American Lion</p><p>Giant Beaver</p><p>American Scimitar Cat</p><p>Steppe Bison</p><p>Alaskan Camels</p><p>North American Saiga</p><p>Ancient Caribou</p><p>Helmeted Muskox</p><p></p><p>Very cool ancient animals.</p><p></p><p>{EDIT}</p><p></p><p>The American Lion deserves a more detailed look.</p><p></p><p>American lions (Panthera leo atrox) were among the largest flesh-eating land animals that lived during the Ice Age (Quaternary the last two million years) in America. They ranged from Alaska and Yukon as far south as Peru. Because so many well-preserved specimens (over 80 individuals) have been found in tar pits at Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles, California), we have an excellent idea of their body structure. And unique, vivid glimpses of their past, about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago, have been recorded in European caves by our Paleolithic ancestors. Intriguing details in these artistic works suggest that the lions of Eurasia and America differed in some features from the living African lion. </p><p></p><p>American lions were characterized by their enormous size and relatively long, slender limbs. Males were nearly 25 percent larger than male African lions. According to calculation of body weight based on femoral (thigh bone) size, male American lions would have averaged about 235 kg, females about 175 kg. They were larger than their heavily-built "cousins" the sabretooth cats (Smilodon), yet smaller than the rangy short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) fellow large carnivores of the period. But in features of the teeth and skeleton, American lions strongly resembled modern ones.</p><p></p><p>{RE-EDIT}</p><p></p><p>The virtual tour...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.beringia.com/01/01maina.html" target="_blank">http://www.beringia.com/01/01maina.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 784518, member: 2012"] One of the coolest places I've ever visited was the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse. [url]http://www.beringia.com/[/url] Make sure you check out the Research Library, where they give details about several unique creatures that once roamed the Earth. Jefferson's Ground Sloth Woolly Mammoth (an oldie but a goodie) American Mastodon North-American Short-Faced Bear American Lion Giant Beaver American Scimitar Cat Steppe Bison Alaskan Camels North American Saiga Ancient Caribou Helmeted Muskox Very cool ancient animals. {EDIT} The American Lion deserves a more detailed look. American lions (Panthera leo atrox) were among the largest flesh-eating land animals that lived during the Ice Age (Quaternary the last two million years) in America. They ranged from Alaska and Yukon as far south as Peru. Because so many well-preserved specimens (over 80 individuals) have been found in tar pits at Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles, California), we have an excellent idea of their body structure. And unique, vivid glimpses of their past, about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago, have been recorded in European caves by our Paleolithic ancestors. Intriguing details in these artistic works suggest that the lions of Eurasia and America differed in some features from the living African lion. American lions were characterized by their enormous size and relatively long, slender limbs. Males were nearly 25 percent larger than male African lions. According to calculation of body weight based on femoral (thigh bone) size, male American lions would have averaged about 235 kg, females about 175 kg. They were larger than their heavily-built "cousins" the sabretooth cats (Smilodon), yet smaller than the rangy short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) fellow large carnivores of the period. But in features of the teeth and skeleton, American lions strongly resembled modern ones. {RE-EDIT} The virtual tour... [url]http://www.beringia.com/01/01maina.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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