LION

Lion is a species in the family Fellidae and member of the genus panthera. It has a muscular, deep-chested body, short, rounded heard, round ears and a hairly tuft at the end of its. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions have a prominent mane. with a typical heardto-body length of 184-208cm (72-83in) they are larger han females at 160-184cm (63-72in). It is a social species, forming group called prides. A lion pride consist of a few adult males, related females and cubs.Groups of female lion usually hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator, although some lions scavenge when opportunities occur and have bee known to hunt humans, the species typically does not.

Typically the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forestd. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. During the Neolithic period, the lion ranged throughout Africa, Souheast Europe, and Western and South ASia but today it has been reduced to one critically endangered populations in sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in WesternIndia. It has been listed as vulnerable on the IUNC Red list since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s.

WHERE DO YOU FIND THEM

They ranged across much of Europe, Asia and Africa but now they are found mainly in parts of Afric south of the Sahara.