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  2. Lion - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Panthera leo leo - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 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]

  5. You come face to face with a lion in the wild. Would ... - AOL

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    African lion populations decreased by about 43% in the past two decades, according to the AWF. Muruthi said key reasons for the decline include human-lion conflict as people expand into hunting ...

  6. Barbary lion - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Two lions make record-breaking swim for ‘female affection’

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    Other African reserves, such as the Maasai Mara or Serengeti, boast large lion populations, but they have measures that limit poaching and prevent lions from encroaching on livestock populations.

  8. Serengeti National Park - Wikipedia

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    More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. [12] In 1994, an outbreak of canine distemper led to the deaths of approximately one-third of the lion population in the area. [13] The population density of the African leopard is estimated at 5.41 individuals per 100 km 2 (14.0 per 100 sq miles) in the dry season. [14]

  9. Panthera - Wikipedia

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    Results of phylogeographic studies indicate that the Western and Central African lion populations are more closely related to those in India and form a different clade than lion populations in Southern and East Africa; southeastern Ethiopia is an admixture region between North African and East African lion populations. [32] [33]