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Panthera shawi

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Taxonomy

The original and holotype specimen, a single upper canine tooth from the Bolt's Farm locality, was described by Broom in 1948 as a new species named Felis shawi in honour of Professor Shaw. Further material assigned to the species was recovered from the Kromdraai A and Swartkraans Member 2 localities.

It was later considered a subspecies Panthera leo as Panthera leo shawi by some authors. As of 2022, it was once more elevated to species rank as Panthera shawi.

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