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The Addis Ababa Zoo keeps apes, lesser kudus, ducks, eagles and tortoises. [2]Several lions kept in the zoo were found to be genetically similar to wild Central African lions from Cameroon and Chad, but different to captive lions are Sana'a Zoo in Yemen, which were thought to be of Ethiopian origin, and wild lion samples from Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Parks in East Africa, and those of ...
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 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.
An average male lion can get up to 550 pounds (about 225 kilograms), according to the Sacramento Zoo in California. Females, who do the bulk of the hunting, are no slouches either.
The richness and variety of the wildlife of Ethiopia is dictated by the great diversity of terrain with wide variations in climate, soils, natural vegetation and settlement patterns. Ethiopia contains a vast highland complex of mountains and dissected plateaus divided by the Great Rift Valley , which runs generally southwest to northeast and is ...
Scientists analysed between 32 and 480 lion samples from up to 22 countries. They all agree that the lion comprises two evolutionary groups, one in the northern and eastern parts of its historical range, and the other in Southern and East Africa ; they are estimated to have genetically diverged between 245,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Unity Park's attractions include historical artifacts and a focus on Ethiopian culture. There are 37 mammals, including giraffe, zebra, Gelada baboon, kudu, Impalas, common eland, gemsbok, meerkat, cheetah, African wild dogs, nyala, and wildebeest, as well as thirteen species of aquatic animals, and various indigenous birds in the aviary. [5] [6]
The Lioness of Gobedra is a rock sculpture located in Gobo Dura (Gobedra), Ethiopia. It is a representation of a crouching lioness around three metres long, which was carved into a relief on a large phonolite [1] rock outcropping situated two kilometers west of Axum. It was first described by German archeologists in 1913.