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The '''Southwest African lion''' or '''Katanga lion''' (''Panthera leo bleyenberghi'') is a subspecies of the [[lion]] that lives in southwestern Africa. It is found in [[Namibia]], [[Angola]], [[Zaire]], western [[Zambia]], western [[Zimbabwe]] and northern [[Botswana]]. The [[type specimen]] was from [[Katanga Province|Katanga]] ([[Zaire]]). Lions in the [[Kalahari xeric savanna]] may be either ''Panthera leo bleyenberghi'' or ''[[Panthera leo krugeri]]''.<ref name=Haas2005>{{cite journal|author1=Haas, S.K. |author2=Hayssen, V. |author3=Krausman, P.R. |title=''Panthera leo''|year= 2005 |journal=Mammalian Species|volume=762|pages= 1–11|url=http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/762_Panthera_leo.pdf|doi=10.1644/1545-1410(2005)762[0001:PL]2.0.CO;2}}</ref> In 2008, surveys were conducted in the [[Upemba National Park|Upemba]] and [[Kundelungu National Park]]s located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but no evidence of lion presence was found.<ref>http://www.bakasbl.org/news/doc_en/107.doc</ref> | The '''Southwest African lion''' or '''Katanga lion''' (''Panthera leo bleyenberghi'') is a subspecies of the [[lion]] that lives in southwestern Africa. It is found in [[Namibia]], [[Angola]], [[Zaire]], western [[Zambia]], western [[Zimbabwe]] and northern [[Botswana]]. The [[type specimen]] was from [[Katanga Province|Katanga]] ([[Zaire]]). Lions in the [[Kalahari xeric savanna]] may be either ''Panthera leo bleyenberghi'' or ''[[Panthera leo krugeri]]''.<ref name=Haas2005>{{cite journal|author1=Haas, S.K. |author2=Hayssen, V. |author3=Krausman, P.R. |title=''Panthera leo''|year= 2005 |journal=Mammalian Species|volume=762|pages= 1–11|url=http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/762_Panthera_leo.pdf|doi=10.1644/1545-1410(2005)762[0001:PL]2.0.CO;2}}</ref> In 2008, surveys were conducted in the [[Upemba National Park|Upemba]] and [[Kundelungu National Park]]s located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but no evidence of lion presence was found.<ref>http://www.bakasbl.org/news/doc_en/107.doc</ref> | ||
