Lion sightings in the eastern Maghreb of Algeria and Tunisia, 1881–1900 (Ksour Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tell Atlas, Ouled-Nail, Aurès Mountains).

<p>NP = one of several National Parks established across the region in the 1980s–1990s.</p

Distribution of recent sightings of lions in North Africa (AD 1900–1960).

<p>Grey shading indicates Mediterranean scrubland ecosystems <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0060174#pone.0060174-Dobson1" target="_blank">[8]</a>. Circular markers indicate sightings in western Maghreb (8–21 in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0060174#pone-0060174-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>); triangular markers indicate sightings in eastern Maghreb (134–149) from incidents described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0060174#pone-0060174-t006" target="_blank">Table 6</a>. The dotted line indicates the air route across the Atlas Mountains (Casablanca-Agadir-Dakar) during which the last wild lion was photographed. Asterisks (*) denote locations of human population centers. Dashed lines indicate national boundaries.</p

The last sightings of lions in the Western Maghreb: Morocco to Western Sahara, 1830s–1940s (Rif Mountains, Anti Atlas, Middle Atlas and High Atlas).

<p>NP = one of several National Parks established across the region since the 1940s.</p

Lion sightings in the eastern Maghreb of Algeria and Tunisia, 1861–1880 (Ksour Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tell Atlas, Ouled-Nail, Aurès Mountains).

<p>NP = one of several National Parks established across the region in the 1980s–1990s.</p

Lion sightings in the eastern Maghreb of Algeria and Tunisia, 1851–1860 (Ksour Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tell Atlas, Ouled-Nail, Aurès Mountains).

<p>NP = one of several National Parks established across the region in the 1980s–1990s.</p

Last lion sightings recorded in the eastern Maghreb of Algeria, 1900–1960 (Ksour Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tell Atlas, Ouled-Nail, Aurès Mountains).

<p>Last lion sightings recorded in the eastern Maghreb of Algeria, 1900–1960 (Ksour Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tell Atlas, Ouled-Nail, Aurès Mountains).</p

A lion seen in the Atlas Mountains, during a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route.

<p>The photograph taken by Marcelin Flandrin in 1925 is the last visual record of a wild ‘Barbary’ lion of North Africa.</p