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There were different mythological adaptions for the winged lion: 1  Shedu in Sumerian, Akkadian, Persian, and Iranian tribes mythology was depicted as a winged lion. 2  He has often been depicted with a bull body instead of a lion body. 3  The winged lion was the heraldic symbol of Mark the Evangelist.
Another member of the Felidae or cat family which is also called a panther is the cougar, and the mountain lion is the puma. It is a genus of the Felidae family which is native to the Americas. It is closely related to the domestic cat than to its cousin, the lion, which it resembles in appearance.