This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of ... Lions took pride of place at the Tower's entrance, fearsome gatekeepers serving as a ...

Things apparently got cozy, and they confided that they had hunted a mountain lion. In fact ... the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard ...

"Thylacoleo is a symbol of the Naracoorte Caves ... is commonly referred to as a marsupial lion, largely because of the cat-like nature of its skull and its carnivorous habits.