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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.
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Background map: File:Africa_map_blank.svg created by myself Source of data: Gisbau / African Mammals Databank taken from the book of Peter Jackson and Kristin Nowell, Wild Cats : Status Survey And Conservation Action Plan , World Conservation Union, IUCN/SSC Action Plans for the Conservation of Biological Diversity, 1996 ( ISBN 2831700450 ...
The lion plays a prominent role in The Fables of Pilpay that were translated into Persian, Greek and Hebrew languages between the 8th and 12th centuries. [101] The lion is the symbol of Mahavira, the 24th and last Tirthankara in Jainism. [102] [103] The lion is the third animal of the Burmese zodiac and the sixth animal of the Sinhalese zodiac ...
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]
Lions were recorded in the Dinder–Alatash protected area complex during surveys between 2015 and 2018. [45] South Sudan, where little is known about lion distribution and population sizes. Lions in Radom and Southern National Parks are probably connected to lions in the Central African Republic. [3]
An Asiatic lion. The Asiatic lion's habitat is dry scrub land and open deciduous forest. The lion population increased from 411 individuals in 2010 to 674 in 2020, and all of them live in or around Gir National Park. [9] In 1900 it was estimated that the population was as low as 100, and the Asiatic lion was declared a protected species.
Serengeti National Park forms a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005 together with Maasai Mara National Reserve. [9] More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. [10] 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. [11]