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Panthera leo
Class Mammalia +
Common name Lion  +
Division/Phylum Chordata +
Header caption Lion  +
Header image Male Lion on Rock.jpg  +
IUCN status Vulnerable  +
Introdescription The lion (''Panthera leo'') is one of the The lion (''Panthera leo'') is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of thirty to fifty percent over the past two decades in its African range. Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. currently the greatest causes of concern.  +
Page creation date 13 February 2011  +
Regnum Animalia +
Species name Panthera leo +
User ID User:Gauravm +
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Categories Mammals  + , Species page  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 13 February 2011 15:51:20  +
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