Lion Lion: kupuna nui o nā pōpō hou

No ka manawa lō'ihi, a hiki i ka manawa i lilo ai ke kanaka i mea hahai holoholona a loa'a i kahi mea pepehi, aia ma ka piko o ka māina mea'ai o ko mākou honua he mau'elele o ka'ohana chat. 'O ka'oia'i'o,'a'ole kēia mau liona hou, nā jaguars, nā leopards, a me nā'onilo, akā,'o ko lākou mau kūpuna i make, e like me ka lute haipō a me ka liona'Amelika. E ho'omaopopo loa kākou me ka liona'Amelika mua i'ole, a, e like me kā ka po'e'epekema e kapa ai,'o Panthera leo atrox.

Hō'ike Hō'ike Ola

A pau o nā liona a me nā jaguars, tigers a me ka leopadi i mau lala o ka popokiʻohana (Felidae), e pili ana i ka subfamily Pantherinae - nui nā pōpoki, a me ka genus Panthera (Panther). E like me ka noiʻi evolution o keia? Ueo ana ma kahi o 900.000 makahiki aku nei, kahi laekahi Africa mea i keia la. Ma hope mai, ua noho'ia nā'elele o kēia'ano mea nui o ka moku Holarctic. 'O nā koena i koe o nā mea'aihue ma'Eulopa i loa'a i kahi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale Italia'o Isernia, a ua ho'olālā'ia ko lākou mau makahiki i 700,000 mau makahiki. Ma ka moku'Eurasina, kahi kokoke i 300,000 mau makahiki aku nei, ua noho kahi liona ola. Ma muli o ka mīkini,'o ia ka hui o'Amelika a me Eurasia,'o kekahi hapa o ka heluna kanaka o kēia mau māpuna i hele mai ma Alaska a me Chukotka i'Amelika Hema, kahi i ho'okumu'ia ai he mau hō'ailona hou o nā liona,'Amelika, no ka ho'omaha lō'ihi.

Nā Kūkākūkā pili

'O ka hopena o ka hana lō'ihi lō'ihi i hana'ia e nā mea noi'i mai Rusia,'Enelani,'Alelani a me Kelemānia, ua'ike'ia'o nā mea a pau i loa'a iā mākou ma ka Honua he'ano'ano liona wale nō. I kēia lā, noho'ia kahi'āpana li'ili'i e kahi liona hou. Akā, ma mua o ka noho'ana o'elua mau lā mua a me nā mea i hala i kēia lā. Mua o nā mea a pau, ua ana liona (Panthera Leo spelaea), i noho ai ma ke komohana Canada, a ma ka mokuna o kokoke i ka pau ana o Eurasia i ka Pleistocene. Eia kekahi, aia kekahi liona'Amelika (Panthera leo atrox), ka mea i noho ma ka moku'āina o ka United States hou. A ma kekahi mau wahi ho'i o'Amelika Hema. Ua kapa'ia'o ia ka liona'Amelika'Amelika, a'o ka jaguar nui'o Nigel. 'O ka hopena o ka noi'i'ana i nā mea ola o nā holoholona mōlaki a me nā mea ho'olawa hou o kēia manawa, ua hiki ke ho'okūpa'a e like me nā'ano liona'ekolu like i ko lākou genome. Akā, he aha ka mea e hiki ke a'o'ia e ka po'e'epekema:'o ka ha'awina o ka liona'Amelika i'oi aku i ka 340,000 mau makahiki i ke ka'awale'ana o ka mo'o, a ma ia manawa ua'ano'ē loa ia mai nā kumu'ē a'e.

Mai hea mai lākou?

'O ka mea mua,'o nā liona mai'Apelika mai i noho ai i ka'āina'o Eurasia a hele wale lākou i ka Isthmus o Beringia, e pili ana me'Amelika Hema me ka'āina Eurasia i kēlā mau lā lō'ihi, a ho'omaka'o ia e kūkulu i ka'āina hou. Mana'o nā kānaka'epekema e pili ana i ka puka'ana o nā'ano like'ole'elua ma'Amelika Hema me ka ho'oka'awale'ia'ana o nā'elele o kēia mau kānaka'elua ma muli o ka hau'oli. Wahi a kekahi kuhiakau'ē a'e,'o nā'ano like'ole:'o nā ana a me nā liona'Amelika - he mau'elele o nā nalu'elua o ka ne'e mai Eurasia mai kahi mamao loa aku.

Pehea kona'ano?

Like nā prehistoric Moana, American Lion nalowale ma kahi o 10 000 makahiki aku nei. I kekahi manawa'o ia kekahi o nā holoholona nui loa a momona loa: hiki i kona lō'ihi ke pi'i i'ekolu mika a'oi aku ka nui, a hiki i nā wāhine i ke kaumaha i 300, ai nā kāne a me ka 400 kg. Ma waena o nā kānaka'epekema,'a'ohe'aelike inā he mane kēia holoholona, e like me kona hanauna hanauna,'a'ole paha. Eia na'e, ua wehewehe maoli lākou i kona helehelena: aia ma kona mau wāwae he kino'ele'ele, he kino ke'oke'o, i lei'ia e ke po'o nui, a ma hope he huelo lō'ihi. 'O ka'ili o ka'ili, e like me ka mea a nā mea noi'i i mana'o ai, he monoponic, akā, hiki paha i ka loli ke ho'ololi. 'O ka mea nui loa e pili kokoke ana i ka liona'Amelika, he ligers ia -'o ka hua o kahi'ūla a me ka liona. He pa'akikī ke wehewehe i ka mea i nānā'ia e ka liona'Amelika. 'O ka hō'ailona hou'ana o kona helehelena ke'ike i kona'ano like me kona "pili" hou.

Ma hea'o ia i ola ai?

No ka hopena o nā kālai'ili honua, ua loa'a nā koena o kēia holoholona ma kahi ākea loa: mai Peru a Alaska. Ua'ōlelo kēia mau'epekema'epekema e noho ana ka liona'Amelika ma ka'ākau wale nō, akā, ma kekahi mau'āpana o'Amelika Hema. Ua'ike'ia nā hapa nui o kēia mau holoholona ma kahi o Los Angeles. I kēia mau lā, me ka nui o ka ho'ona'auao'epekema,'a'ole hiki i nā'epekema ke inoa i nā kumu kūpono a me nā kumu i ho'opau ai i kēia māmakua e pili ana i nā makahiki 10,000. Aia kekahi mau mana'o e pili ana i ka ho'opau'ia'ana o ka'āina'ai a me ka make'ana o nā holoholona i lilo i mea'ai na nā liona'Amelika, no ka hulu'ana a me ka loli'ana o ka pi'i. Aia Ua hoi he mana o ke komo ana o ke kanaka kahiko a hiki i ka extermination o keia formidable Moana.

Nā mea'ai a me nā mea ho'okūkū

American Lion i kona manawa ke imi i nā kūpuna o kēia elk a me ka bison, e like me ka mea ole laau ooi nā bipi kāne, nā kāmelo ke komohana, na bipikane, a me na lio (Equus). I ka manawa like, ua nui nā'ona o ka'āina'o'Amelika.

No ka pale'ana i ko lākou mau mea'aihue a me kahi hahai holoholona, ua hui pū'ia nā liona. Ma ka pale'ana i kā lākou'ai a me ka'āina, ua kaua ka liona'Amelika i ka tiger kopa (Machairodontinae), nā'īlio hae kahiko loa (Canis dirus) a me nā bea pokole (Arctodus simus).