Case file · Cryptid
The last Barbary lion
The last wild Barbary lion known for sure was shot in 1942 near the Tizi n'Tichka pass in the Moroccan Atlas, but people reported lions in remote Algeria and Morocco into the 1960s.
1942 CE · 31.28, -7.38 · status: claim
The sceptical view
No later sighting was confirmed. Descendants survive in captivity, notably from the Moroccan royal collection.