Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., lOth ed., 1:41 . TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria , Constantine , Barbary . DISTRIBUTION: Subsaharan Africa (except tropical rainforests); Gir Forest (N.W. India ). COMMENT: Formerly in non-desert N. Africa; S. E. Europe, and S. W. Asia. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae . CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as P. I. pérsica subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007002001001.