Love Pulse Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 https://mkaleh.com/معلومات_عامة_عن_حيوان_الأسد About the lion The lion is one of the strong, large animals, it is the second largest feline, and it is one of the animals in danger of extinction, as a result of the decrease in the number of lions in the wild, and the extinction of some species, as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimated in In 2014, the number of adult lions in the world ranged between 23-39 thousand lions, and lions are currently spread in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, with a few of them in India, specifically in an unnatural forest reserve (in English: Gir National Park). It is noteworthy that lions prefer to live in grasslands, savannas, and dense shrubs.[1][2] types of black Lions are currently classified into two main types: [3] The lions of the southern subspecies: (Scientific name: Panthera leo melanochaita), and this species includes the following subspecies of lions: [3] The Katanga lion: (in English: Katanga lion), and (scientific name: Panthera leo bleyenberghi), lives in southwest Africa, and is one of the largest lions in the world. The males of this type of lions are distinguished by their light mane color compared to other species. In: Angola, Zaire, Western Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and northern Botswana. The Masai Lion: (Panthera leo nubica) lives in eastern Africa, and is characterized by its less curved back compared to the rest of the lion subspecies. Its mane is combed back, and it is worth noting that the Masai lions are spread in: Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Tanzania The Transvaal Lion (Panthera leo krugeri) lives in Southeast Africa, including Kruger National Park and Swaziland's Royal Hlan National Park. Hlane Royal National Park), males of this species of lions have a black mane. The Ethiopian Lion, scientific name: (Panthera leo roosevelti), is also known as the Addis Ababa lion. Males of Ethiopian lions are distinguished by their dark mane and small size compared to other lions. Northern subspecies lions: (Scientific name: Panthera leo leo), and this species includes the following subspecies of lions: [3] The Senegal lion (Panthera leo senegalensis) lives in West Africa and is the smallest species of lion found in sub-Saharan Africa. This type of lions is about 1,800 lions spread in areas extending from the Central African Republic to Senegal. The Indian or Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) is a critically endangered species, currently living in an unnatural forest reserve in the Indian state of Gujarat, and the Indian lion can be distinguished from other Black thanks to the presence of a longitudinal fold of skin covering its abdomen. Leo physical characteristics The lion is characterized by a long muscular body, a large head, and short legs, and it also has a tail that ends with a dark tuft of hair compared to the color of the body, and the male lion can be distinguished from the female easily, as the male has hair surrounding his head and covering the neck called the mane, while the female does not have The color of the lion's fur ranges between yellow or orange-brown, silver-gray, and dark brown, and the male lion is larger than the female, as the length of the adult male ranges between 1.8-2.1 m, in addition to the length of the tail, which is 1 m. Measuring from the ground to the shoulders, it is about 1.2 m, and its weight is approximately 170-230 kg. The lioness is 1.5 m long, and its shoulder height from the ground ranges between 0.9-1.1 m, in Jane weighing 120-180 kg,[1] It is worth noting that the young lion or what is known as the cub (in English: Cubs) is distinguished by its grayish-brown fur, which is decorated with brown spots that disappear when the cub reaches its third month, and sometimes some spots may remain on the stomach, especially in the species of lions that live in the east Africa.[4] To learn more information about the physical characteristics of the lion and its weight, you can read the article How much does the lion weigh, and to know the strength of the lion you can refer to the article The strength of the lion. The lion's social lifestyle Lions are social animals, they prefer to live in a group called the herd, but the lions that live in Asia differ from the lions of Africa. Asian males of lions do not live with females and do not meet with them except in order to mate or participate in devouring large prey, while the herd of African lions It usually consists of three adult males and dozens of females in addition to the cubs, and the number of members of a herd of lions can sometimes reach 40 lions,[5] when the lions grow up, two-thirds of the lionesses remain in the herd in which they were born, while the rest of the lionesses leave the herd to form a new herd, in When male lions always have to leave the herd to create new alliances with males belonging to the same herd, or to other herds.[6] Each group of lions occupies its own area for several generations, and the size of the area that the lions take as a home depends on the abundance of food and water, and it is worth noting that the greater the number of members of the herd of lions, the greater their chances of expansion in the area they occupy, in addition to increasing their ability to defend it. from the attacks of other animals and lions, and when a new alliance of lions succeeds in controlling the herd, he immediately rushes to kill the young cubs so that he can mate with the lionesses as quickly as possible.]
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