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Estimates of the African lion population range between 16,500 and 47,000 living in the wild in 2002–2004. [200] [86] In the Republic of the Congo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park was considered a lion stronghold in the 1990s. By 2014, no lions were recorded in the protected area so the population is considered locally extinct. [201]
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]
The Central African lion population inhabits protected areas of: Cameroon, where lions are present in Bénoué National Park. [38] In the North Province, Cameroon, lions were recorded during a survey between January 2008 and May 2010. [39] The small lion population in Waza National Park is isolated, and by 2008 had declined to maximum 20 ...
The Barbary lion was a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. It was also called North African lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. It lived in the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. It was eradicated following the spread of firearms and bounties for shooting lions. A comprehensive review of ...
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.
The mother lion, Lusaka, delivered the litter of two males and two females June 2 and 3. The lions were paired as part of a species survival plan for African lions overseen by the Association of ...
Nyerere National Park has a high level of biodiversity, with the most iconic African species all inhabiting the region in some capacity, including lions, leopards, Masai giraffe, herds of wildebeest and plains zebra, black rhinoceros, impala, Thomson's gazelle, spotted hyenas, countess birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates.
The African lioness was “one of the Zoo’s most cherished and iconic animals.” ... Cleo, a 19-year-old lion who called the Sacramento Zoo home for 17 years, died from kidney disease, zoo ...