Names from folk tradition, kept apart from the scientific names.
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The accepted scientific name of this species in the GBIF database is Panthera leo; Linnaeus published it in 1758 as Felis leo, and it belongs to the family Felidae in the order Carnivora.
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The IUCN Cat Specialist Group currently recognises two subspecies of Panthera leo instead of the old division into an African and an Asiatic subspecies: Panthera leo leo in West and Central Africa and India, and Panthera leo melanochaita in East and Southern Africa.
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