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Some facts about the
Lion
Adult weight : 175 kg (385 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 27 years
Female maturity :1095 days
Male maturity : 1095 days
Gestation : 109 days
Weaning : 216 days
Litter size : 3
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 649 days
Weight at birth : 1.3 kg (2.86 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 8.48 kg (18.656 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 95 W
Body mass : 98 kg (215.6 lbs)
Temperature : 37.85 °C (100.13 °F)
Lion
Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Pantherinae
Species : Panthera leo
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four 'big cats' in the genus Panthera. The tiger is the largest of the big cats and the second place is for the lion. They can become 10 to 14 years in the wild and the male can weigh as much as 225 kilograms. Their main threats are inbreeding, because remaining populations became isolated. Lions usually hunt at night and dawn, hunting on antelopes, gazelles, warthogs, wildebeest, buffalos and zebras, but also carrion from hyenas or African wild dogs. Lions can run as fast as 60 kilometers per hour, but cannot maintain that speed fo a very long time. Lions can either be 'nomads', or 'residents'. When lions are in groups (prides) of related females, their young and 1 to 4 males (a 'coalition'), they are said to be 'residents'. When one or two lions migrate over great distances, they are said to be 'nomads'. Lions spend about 20 hours per day resting. Did you know a lion can be crossbred to produce a liger or tigon (ligers (male lion and a tigress) and tigons (male tiger and a lioness) are crossbreeds of a lion and a tiger), leopons (crossbreed a lion and a leopard), and a jaglion (jaglions are crosbreeds between a jaguar and a lion).
The African lion, lion is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the lion
A young / baby of a lion is called a 'cub'. The females are called 'lioness' and males 'lion'. A lion group is called a 'pride'.Countries
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Desert, Dry savanna, Forest, Grassland, Hot Desert, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry forest, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland
Facts about the lion
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