Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera. Currently ranging only in Sub-Saharan 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 well-known mane that extends from the head to the shoulders and chest. The lion inhabits grasslands, savannahs, and shrublands.

It is an apex and keystone hunter animal. Preying mostly on medium-sized and large hooved mammals. It is usually more diurnal than other wild cats, but when persecuted.

It adapts to being active at night and at twilight. It is a social species, forming groups called prides. A lion pride consists of related females and cubs, and a few or one adult male who is unrelated to the females.

Groups of female lions usually hunt together. Adult males often compete to keep or gain their membership in the pride. During the Neolithic period, the lion ranged throughout Africa and Eurasia.

From Southeast Europe to India. Still, it has been reduced to fragmented populations in sub-Saharan Africa and one number of in western India. It has been listed as Vulnerable on.