pantherine cats Pocock, 1917
   Genus Panthera Oken, 1816 - big cats
     Subgenus Panthera Oken, 1816 - leopard
       Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) - lion
         leo group - African and South-Asian lions
           senegalensis subgroup
             1 Panthera leo senegalensis (Meyer, 1826) - West African lion
             2 Panthera leo azandica (Allen, 1924) - North East Congo lion
             3 Panthera leo nubica (de Blainville, 1843) - East African lion
             4 Panthera leo bleyenberghi (Lönnberg, 1914) - Southwest African lion
             5 Panthera leo krugeri (Roberts, 1929) - Southeast African lion
             6 Panthera leo melanochaita (Hamilton Smith, 1858) - Cape lion