值得注意的是,原分布在亚洲的狮子亚种还有印度亚种(学名:Panthera leo goojratensis),主要分布在印度南部,已灭绝。2017年,國際自然保護聯盟貓科動物專家小組(Cat Specialist Group, CSG)的貓科分類小組(Cat Classification Taskforce)基於基因研究成果亞洲獅和巴巴里獅形態學和分子遺傳學上的相似性,將亞洲獅歸入Panthera leo leo。[5][6]但有些科学家繼續使用舊學名,Panthera leo persica。[7][8][9][10][11][12]
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