{"slug":"","question":"The American lion (Panthera atrox) ranged across which area during the Pleistocene?","topic":"EXTINCT LINEAGES","answer_a":"Europe and North Africa","answer_b":"North America and Eurasia","answer_c":"South America only","answer_d":"Africa only","correct_index":1,"fact":"Panthera atrox roamed North America during the Pleistocene and was up to 25% larger than modern African lions. Fossils have been found from Alaska to Peru. It went extinct around 11,000 years ago with the megafaunal extinctions."}