Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Mammalia [classis]
Carnivora [ordo]
Felidae [familia]
Panthera [genus]
Panthera leo [species]
Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) contains the following taxa:
Panthera leo melanochaita Smith, 1858 [subspecies]