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  2. Panthera leo melanochaita - Wikipedia

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    Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa. [1] In this part of Africa, lion populations are regionally extinct in Lesotho, Djibouti and Eritrea, and are threatened by loss of habitat and prey base, killing by local people in retaliation for loss of livestock, and in several countries also by trophy hunting. [2]

  3. Lion - Wikipedia

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    The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane.

  4. Cape lion - Wikipedia

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    The Cape lion was a population of lions in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces that was extirpated in the mid-19th century. [1] [2] The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842. [3] Traditionally, the Cape lion was considered a distinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo melanochaita.

  5. Killing of Cecil the lion - Wikipedia

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    Cecil (c. 2002 – 2 July 2015) was a male African lion (Panthera leo leo) who lived primarily in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe.He was being studied and tracked by a research team of the University of Oxford as part of a long-term study.

  6. Black Lion - Wikipedia

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    Black Lions, an Ethiopian anti-fascist resistance movement; Black Lions, nickname of 28th Infantry Regiment (United States) Operation Black Lion, 1972, in the Laotian Civil War Operation Black Lion III, 1972–1973; Operation Black Lion V, 1972–1973; Blacklions, nickname of VFA-213, an aviation unit of the U.S. Navy

  7. Panthera hybrid - Wikipedia

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    A liger is the offspring between a male lion and a female tiger, which is larger than its parents because the lion has a growth maximizing gene and the tigress, unlike the lioness, has no growth inhibiting gene. [19] Tigon A tigon is the offspring of a female lion and a male tiger. [19] The tigon is not as common as the converse hybrid, the liger.

  8. Blacklion closing the last of its home decor and furniture ...

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    After 27 years, the home decor and furniture store Blacklion is leaving Pineville at the end of January. The family-run store, where small businesses and merchants sell their wares, is opening a ...

  9. Black panther - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Variant of leopard and jaguar For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation). A melanistic Indian leopard in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both ...