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Range map showing distribution of subspecies and clades. ... (12 to 59 in) make up the majority of lion habitat in Africa, estimated at 3,390,821 km 2 ...
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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 ...
Range map including proposed clades and the two subspecies (P. l. leo and P. l. melanochaita) according to genetic researchSince the beginning of the 21st century, several phylogenetic studies were conducted to aid clarifying the taxonomic status of lion samples kept in museums and collected in the wild.
The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
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 inhabit remnant forest habitats in the two hill systems of Gir and Girnar that comprise Gujarat's largest tracts of tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, thorny forest and savanna, and provide valuable habitat for a diverse flora and fauna. Five protected areas currently exist to protect the Asiatic lion: Gir Sanctuary, Gir ...