{"id":10409,"date":"2021-08-30T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T15:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/?p=10409"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:13:02","slug":"leao-do-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"Le\u00e3o-do-atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" height=\"83\" data-attachment-id=\"18164\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/sylvia-earle-na-luta-pelos-oceanos\/original-biologo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/original-biologo-2.jpg?fit=74%2C83&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"74,83\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"original-biologo (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;artigo original www.biologo.com.br \u00a9 todos os direitos reservados&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/original-biologo-2.jpg?fit=74%2C83&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/original-biologo-2.jpg?resize=74%2C83&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Artigo original www.biologo.com.br \u00a9 todos os direitos reservados\" class=\"wp-image-18164\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Le\u00e3o-do-atlas: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;um grande e imponente le\u00e3o, com uma enorme juba negra que lhe cobria boa parte do corpo. Assim era o le\u00e3o-do-atlas, que dominava parte do norte da \u00c1frica e regi\u00f5es do Egito a Marrocos, antes que os homens e suas armas de fogo pusessem fim ao seu reinado.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Le\u00e3o-do-atlas<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">onde anda o gigante?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\">30\/8\/2021 ::\u00a0 Por Josu\u00e9 Fontana<\/span> &#8211; revisado em 2\/1\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>O <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Le\u00e3o-do-Atlas<\/strong> ou <strong>Le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria (<em>Panthera leo leo<\/em>)<\/strong> teve seus tempos de gl\u00f3ria. Lentamente, a presen\u00e7a do homem foi impactando as popula\u00e7\u00f5es do animal, mas mesmo quando os romanos o faziam lutar com outras feras, como o extinto <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/tigre-persa\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tigre-do-c\u00e1spio<\/span><\/a> em pleno Coliseu, o le\u00e3o-do-atlas resistia bem em savanas, florestas e montanhas. Todavia, chegou um tempo em que foi abatido aos milhares pelos homens e suas armas modernas.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"10410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-atlas\/leao-do-atlas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?fit=631%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"631,351\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Le\u00e3o-do-atlas\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Le\u00e3o-do-atlas: \u00a0um grande e imponente le\u00e3o, com uma enorme juba negra que lhe cobria boa parte do corpo. Assim era o le\u00e3o-do-atlas, que dominava parte do norte da \u00c1frica e regi\u00f5es do Egito a Marrocos, antes que os homens e suas armas de fogo pusessem fim ao seu reinado), tamb\u00e9m conhecido por le\u00e3o-da-barb\u00e1ria ou le\u00e3o-berbere, foi uma popula\u00e7\u00e3o de le\u00e3o que foi extinta &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Arte em foto de  1897 de Nelson Robinson, do Le\u00e3o do atlas que vivia no Zool\u00f3gico de Nova Iorque&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?fit=631%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Le\u00e3o-do-atlas - le\u00e3o-da-barb\u00e1ria\" class=\"wp-image-10410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-do-atlas.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Foto de 1897 do Le\u00e3o que vivia no Zool\u00f3gico de Nova Iorque.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Acredita-se que o \u00faltimo le\u00e3o-do-atlas em liberdade foi morto em 1922 em Marrocos, na regi\u00e3o dos montes Atlas. Desde ent\u00e3o \u00e9 considerado extinto na natureza, e tinha-se como certo que esta subesp\u00e9cie estava completamente eliminada. At\u00e9 serem encontrados, em cativeiro, animais com caracter\u00edsticas da subesp\u00e9cie <em>Panthera leo leo<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-cabo\/\">Le\u00e3o do Cabo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/os-animais-da-africa\/\">Os Animais da \u00c1frica<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Outros nomes:<\/span>&nbsp; Le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria, Le\u00e3o berbere <span style=\"color: #808080;\">ou<\/span> Le\u00e3o Eg\u00edpcio<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">O animal vivia no norte da \u00c1frica, do Marrocos ao Egito, especialmente nas montanhas e desertos da costa da Barb\u00e1ria, mas avistamentos dos s\u00e9culos XIX e XX mostram que o le\u00e3o-do-atlas tamb\u00e9m habitava florestas e bosques e mediterr\u00e2neos.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Caracter\u00edsticas:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Em relatos de ca\u00e7adores do s\u00e9culo XIX, era considerado o maior le\u00e3o, com um peso dos machos variando de 270 a 300 kg. Por\u00e9m, tais dados antigos medidos em campo s\u00e3o question\u00e1veis. De qualquer forma, era um animal muito grande, tido como uma das maiores subesp\u00e9cies de le\u00e3o. O maior j\u00e1 registrado foi um macho de 3,25 metros de comprimento, incluindo sua cauda de 75 cm.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Panthera-leo-leo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"351\" data-attachment-id=\"10411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-atlas\/panthera-leo-leo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Panthera-leo-leo.jpg?fit=631%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"631,351\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Panthera-leo-leo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Um le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria (Panthera leo leo) da Arg\u00e9lia. Fotografado por Sir Alfred Edward Pease. Le\u00e3o-do-atlas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Foto colorizada de um le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria (Panthera leo leo) na Arg\u00e9lia. Registro de Sir Alfred Edward Pease.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Panthera-leo-leo.jpg?fit=631%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Panthera-leo-leo.jpg?resize=631%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria (Panthera leo leo)\" class=\"wp-image-10411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Panthera-leo-leo.jpg?w=631&amp;ssl=1 631w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Panthera-leo-leo.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Foto colorizada de um macho de le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria (<em>Panthera leo leo), <\/em>Arg\u00e9lia. <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a9<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Sir <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bookoflion1913alfr?view=theater#page\/112\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfred Edward Pease<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">O comprimento da cabe\u00e7a \u00e0 cauda de machos empalhados em cole\u00e7\u00f5es zool\u00f3gicas varia de 2,35 a 2,8 m e o tamanho do cr\u00e2nio variando de 30,85 a 37,23 cm. A juba tinha de 8 a 22 cm de comprimento. O le\u00e3o-do-atlas pode ter desenvolvido crinas de p\u00ealo comprido, devido \u00e0s temperaturas mais baixas das Montanhas Atlas do que em outras regi\u00f5es africanas.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Extin\u00e7\u00e3o do Le\u00e3o-do-atlas na natureza<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-da-Barbaria-berbere-Leao-Egipcio.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"140\" data-attachment-id=\"10412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-atlas\/leao-da-barbaria-berbere-leao-egipcio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-da-Barbaria-berbere-Leao-Egipcio.jpg?fit=146%2C140&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"146,140\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Le\u00e3o-da-Barb\u00e1ria-berbere-Le\u00e3o-Eg\u00edpcio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A \u00faltima fotografia de um le\u00e3o selvagem nas montanhas do Atlas, tirada por Marcelin Flandrin em um voo de Casablanca para Dacar em 1925&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A \u00faltima fotografia de um le\u00e3o do atlas nas montanhas do Atlas, tirada por Marcelin Flandrin em um voo de Casablanca para Dacar em 1925&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-da-Barbaria-berbere-Leao-Egipcio.jpg?fit=146%2C140&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Leao-da-Barbaria-berbere-Leao-Egipcio.jpg?resize=146%2C140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A \u00faltima fotografia de um le\u00e3o-do-atlas\" class=\"wp-image-10412\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">* A \u00faltima fotografia de um le\u00e3o-do-atlas em 1925<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Incentivados por recompensas pagas para quem matasse le\u00f5es, em meados do s\u00e9culo XIX a popula\u00e7\u00e3o de le\u00f5es da Barb\u00e1ria diminuiu drasticamente. As florestas de cedro e as montanhas vizinhas na Arg\u00e9lia abrigaram o le\u00e3o-do-atlas at\u00e9 cerca de 1884.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Os mesmos desapareceram de B\u00f4nen, na Arg\u00e9lia, em 1890, nas regi\u00f5es de Khroumire e Souk Ahras em 1891 e na prov\u00edncia de Batna em 1893.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No in\u00edcio do s\u00e9culo XX, os le\u00f5es do atlas j\u00e1 eram raros. Entre 1839 e 1942, os avistamentos de le\u00f5es selvagens eram de animais solit\u00e1rios, pares ou pequenos grupos familiares. A an\u00e1lise desses avistamentos indica que os le\u00f5es continuaram vivendo em bandos, mesmo intensamente ca\u00e7ados, principalmente ao leste do Magrebe.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A \u00faltima fotografia de um le\u00e3o do atlas nas montanhas do Atlas foi tirada por Marcelin Flandrin em um voo de Casablanca para Dacar em 1925 (foto*). A \u00faltima matan\u00e7a na Barb\u00e1ria ocorreu em 1942 na parte marroquina das Montanhas Atlas.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-cabo\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-attachment-id=\"9687\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-cabo\/leao-do-cabo-desenho\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/leao-do-cabo-desenho.jpg?fit=631%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"631,351\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"leao-do-cabo-desenho\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Desenho intitulado &amp;#8216;Kaapsche Leeuw en Leeuwin (Felis leo capensis)&amp;#8217;, publicado em Brehms Tierleben, 1927&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Le\u00e3o do Cabo em desenho de 1927&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/leao-do-cabo-desenho.jpg?fit=631%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/leao-do-cabo-desenho.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Le\u00e3o do Cabo - desenho\" class=\"wp-image-9687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/leao-do-cabo-desenho.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/leao-do-cabo-desenho.jpg?w=631&amp;ssl=1 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\">veja tamb\u00e9m: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-cabo\/\">Le\u00e3o do Cabo<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Uma pequena popula\u00e7\u00e3o pode ter sobrevivido em montanhas remotas at\u00e9 o in\u00edcio dos anos 1960. O \u00faltimo avistamento conhecido de um Le\u00e3o da Barb\u00e1ria na Arg\u00e9lia ocorreu em 1956.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Uma esperan\u00e7a para a linhagem do le\u00e3o-do-atlas<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Filhotes-de-leao-do-atlas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"122\" data-attachment-id=\"10414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/leao-do-atlas\/filhotes-de-leao-do-atlas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Filhotes-de-leao-do-atlas.jpg?fit=145%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"145,122\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Filhotes-de-le\u00e3o-do-atlas\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Filhotes de le\u00e3o-do-atlas nasceram na Rep\u00fablica Tcheca. (Foto: @safariparkdvurkralove\/Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o Instagram)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Filhotes de le\u00e3o-do-atlas na Rep\u00fablica Tcheca. (Foto: @safariparkdvurkralove\/Instagram)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Filhotes-de-leao-do-atlas.jpg?fit=145%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Filhotes-de-leao-do-atlas.jpg?resize=145%2C122&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Filhotes de le\u00e3o-do-atlas \" class=\"wp-image-10414\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Filhotes na Rep\u00fablica Tcheca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Descobriu-se que alguns le\u00f5es de zool\u00f3gicos ao redor do mundo s\u00e3o descendentes dos le\u00f5es-do-atlas, por\u00e9m est\u00e3o hibridizados. Os felinos do zool\u00f3gico Tebara, em Marrocos, revelaram-se com a linhagem gen\u00e9tica pr\u00f3xima ao <em>Panthera leo leo<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Com base nessa descoberta, surgiu um projeto para recriar o le\u00e3o-do-atlas por meio de uma criteriosa reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o entre seus descendentes. A iniciativa deu resultados, e em 2019 nasceram 2 filhotes de le\u00e3o-do-atlas na Rep\u00fablica Tcheca. A reintrodu\u00e7\u00e3o no ambiente selvagem original \u00e9 dif\u00edcil e pol\u00eamica, porque esses lugares se encontram em grande parte degradados e povoados por humanos e animais de cria\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cm-color-6-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-241898595196f36d8a461d38206e0a7c\">Em suma, o Le\u00e3o-do-Atlas representa um s\u00edmbolo de for\u00e7a e majestade perdido pela a\u00e7\u00e3o humana.<br>Al\u00e9m disso, sua extin\u00e7\u00e3o na natureza evidencia os impactos da ca\u00e7a e da degrada\u00e7\u00e3o ambiental.<br>Por outro lado, a descoberta de descendentes em cativeiro reacende esperan\u00e7as de preserva\u00e7\u00e3o gen\u00e9tica.<br>Consequentemente, projetos de reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o controlada tornam-se essenciais para evitar o desaparecimento total da subesp\u00e9cie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cm-color-6-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-98685ca7c2c720605cb454f9270bcdd5\">Ainda que a reintrodu\u00e7\u00e3o no habitat original seja controversa, ela levanta debates importantes sobre conserva\u00e7\u00e3o. Portanto, preservar sua mem\u00f3ria \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m refletir sobre o futuro da biodiversidade mundial.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Fontes e refer\u00eancias:<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/therevelator.org\/barbary-lion-extinct\/#:~:text=Black%20and%20his%20co%2Dauthors,extinct%20in%20Algeria%20in%201958.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When Did the Fabled Barbary Lion Go Extinct?<\/a> &#8211; therevelator.org (em ingl\u00eas).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbary_lion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbary lion<\/a> &#8211; Wikipedia.org\u00a0(em ingl\u00eas).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><cite id=\"CITEREFNowell,_K.Jackson,_P.1996\" class=\"citation book cs1\">Nowell, K.; Jackson, P. (1996). <a class=\"external text\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/carnivoractionplans1.free.fr\/wildcats.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Wild Cats of Africa&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"cs1-format\">(PDF)<\/span>.\u00a0<i>Wild Cats: status survey and conservation action plan<\/i><\/cite><\/span> (em ingl\u00eas).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><cite id=\"CITEREFAntunes,_A.Troyer,_J._L.Roelke,_M._E.Pecon-Slattery,_J.2008\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Antunes, A.; Troyer, J. L.; Roelke, M. E.; Pecon-Slattery, J.; Packer, C.; Winterbach, C.; Winterbach, H. &amp; Johnson, W. E. (2008). <a class=\"external text\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2572142\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;The Evolutionary Dynamics of the Lion\u00a0<i>Panthera leo<\/i>\u00a0revealed by Host and Viral Population Genomics&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0<i>PLOS Genetics <\/i><\/cite><\/span>(em ingl\u00eas).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><cite id=\"CITEREFBurger,_J.Hemmer,_H.2006\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Burger, J.; Hemmer, H. (2006). <a class=\"external text\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070703152826\/http:\/\/www.uni-mainz.de\/FB\/Biologie\/Anthropologie\/MolA\/Download\/Burger%20Hemmer%202006.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Urgent call for further breeding of the relic zoo population of the critically endangered Barbary lion (<i>Panthera leo leo<\/i>\u00a0Linnaeus 1758)&#8221;<\/a><span class=\"cs1-format\">(PDF)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/cite><\/span>European Journal of Wildlife Research\u00a0(em ingl\u00eas).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/revistagalileu.globo.com\/Ciencia\/noticia\/2019\/07\/nascem-2-filhotes-de-leao-do-atlas-extinto-na-natureza-ha-quase-um-seculo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nascem 2 filhotes de le\u00e3o-do-atlas, extinto na natureza h\u00e1 quase um s\u00e9culo<\/a> &#8211; revistagalileu.globo.com<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/apoie-o-biologo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"147\" data-attachment-id=\"11979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/caracal-um-mestre-da-sobrevivencia\/apoiepeq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/apoiepeq.jpg?fit=174%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"174,147\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"apoiepeq\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Apoie o Bi\u00f3logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/apoiepeq.jpg?fit=174%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/apoiepeq.jpg?resize=174%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Apoie o Bi\u00f3logo\" class=\"wp-image-11979\" style=\"width:156px;height:auto\" title=\"Apoie o Bi\u00f3logo\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biologo.com.br\/bio\/apoie-o-biologo\/\">Apoie o Bi\u00f3logo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le\u00e3o-do-atlas: &nbsp;um grande e imponente le\u00e3o, com uma enorme juba negra que lhe cobria boa parte do corpo. 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