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  2. Lion - Wikipedia

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    Between 2008 and 2016, IUCN Red List assessors used only two subspecific names: P. l. leo for African lion populations, and P. l. persica for the Asiatic lion population. [ 2 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In 2017, the Cat Classification Task Force of the Cat Specialist Group revised lion taxonomy , and recognises two subspecies based on results of several ...

  3. 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]

  4. Panthera leo leo - Wikipedia

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    [20] [31] A few lion specimens from West Africa obtained by museums were described as having shorter manes than lions from other African regions. [20] In general, the West African lion is similar in general appearance and size as lions in other parts of Africa and Asia. [21] Skeletal muscles make up 58.8% of the lion's body weight. [32] [33]

  5. The Dark History of Africa’s “Big Five” and Their ... - AOL

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    The African lion, Panthera leo, can grow to eight feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds.Lions are some of the most social of the big cats, living in groups of 2-30 called prides. While females will ...

  6. List of primates of Africa - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of African type primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar. According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar). [ 1 ]

  7. List of The Lion King (franchise) characters - Wikipedia

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    Mufasa is an unusually large African lion, who is 3 metres (10 feet) long, 170 centimetres (1,70 metres) tall, except for his mane, and who weighs 300 kilograms (660 pounds). A Siberian tiger-sized African lion. For comparison, a real life adult male African lion weighs 250 kilograms (550 pounds), is 2,5 metres (250 centimetres) long and 123 ...

  8. Human voices are scarier for animals in African ... - AOL

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    Scientists, including those from Western University in Canada, observed how 19 different mammal species reacted to a series of recordings, including human voices, lion vocalisations, barking dogs ...

  9. Cape lion - Wikipedia

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    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.