Animals we miss today
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the 1970s. Of all the tigers
known to the world, the Caspian tiger was the third largest. The body of this subspecies was
quite stocky with strong legs, big wide paws and unusually large claws. The ears were short and
small. Around the cheeks the Caspian tiger was generously furred and the rest of its fur was long
and thick. The colouration resembled that of the Bengal tiger. It assumebly became extinct in
1970.
*CAVE LION: The cave lion, also known as the European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct
subspecies of lion known from fossils and a wide variety of prehistoric art. This subspecies was
one of the largest lions. An adult male, which was found in 1985 near Siegsdorf (Germany), had
a shoulder height of around 1.2 m and a length of 2.1 m without a tail, which is about the same
size as a very big modern lion. It apparently went extinct about 10,000 years ago, during the
annaabi.ee 
