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Savannahs with an annual rainfall of 300 to 1,500 mm (12 to 59 in) make up the majority of lion habitat in Africa, estimated at 3,390,821 km 2 (1,309,203 sq mi) at most, but remnant populations are also present in tropical moist forests in West Africa and montane forests in East Africa. [84]
African lion, Panthera leo at Krugersdorp Game Park, South Africa: Date: 27 November 2016, 12:24: Source: African lion, Panthera leo at Krugersdorp Game Park, South Africa: Author: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa
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]
In Africa, lions are killed pre-emptively or in retaliation for preying on livestock. Populations are also threatened by depletion of prey base, loss and conversion of habitat. [9] The lion population in West Africa is fragmented and isolated, comprising fewer than 250 mature individuals. [10] It is threatened by poaching and illegal trade of ...
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 ...
Cleo, an African lioness, relaxes her enclosure at the Sacramento Zoo in 2019. Cleo, who had been at the zoo since 2007, died at the age of 19 from advancing kidney disease, zoo officials ...
Saied, a beloved African lion at the Greenville Zoo has died. Zoo officials reported Tuesday the 15-year-old male lion was euthanized due to the rapid and irreversible worsening of his ...
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.