| @tasteofkumquat It seems like the IUCN is generally looking at under 500 years ago. For their brown bear page, they made a point of noting human caused extinction that were farther back than that, but unfortunately they didn't do that for the lion. I think they hope to focus on areas that the species could potentially range in again, and the lion was extirpated from Europe about 2,000 years ago. I added a bonus for those of you who want to try European countries. |