Barbary lions were widely revered for their impressive size and dark-haired manes. They were kept by royal families in northern Africa, but the Romans also loved them just as much.

1.This picture, taken in 1925, is the last known photo of a Barbary lion in the wild: 2.Speaking of which, this is a picture of one of the last Tasmanian tigers, an animal that went extinct in 1936: ...

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 London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...