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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]
The last live lion in Iran was sighted in 1942, about 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Dezful, [92] although the corpse of a lioness was found on the banks of the Karun river in Khuzestan province in 1944. [93] It once ranged from Sind and Punjab in Pakistan to Bengal and the Narmada River in central India. [94]
The Province of Transvaal (Afrikaans: Provinsie van Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal (/ ˈ t r ɑː n s v ɑː l, ˈ t r æ n s-/; Afrikaans: [transˈfɑːl]), was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid.
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 lion Panthera leo melanochaita population in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces that has been locally extinct since the mid-19th century. [1] [2] The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842. [3] The Cape lion was once considered a distinct lion subspecies.
Is it more common in transvaal lions than other subspecies while still affecting only a small number of the animals? Or is it common in transvaal lions in general but rare in the rest of nature? 74.243.12.95 ( talk ) 00:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC) [ reply ]
Between 246 and 466 lions live in the WAP-Complex, a large system of protected areas formed mainly by W, Arli, and Pendjari National Parks in Burkina Faso, Benin, and Niger. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] It is regionally extinct in Mauritania , Gambia , Guinea-Bissau , Mali , Sierra Leone , Ivory Coast , and Togo , and possibly extinct in Guinea and Ghana . [ 10 ]
Thylacoleo ("pouch lion") is an extinct genus of carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene (until around 40,000 years ago), often known as marsupial lions. They were the largest and last members of the family Thylacoleonidae, occupying the position of apex predator within Australian ecosystems.