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Panthera leo

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Lion

IUCN: Vulnerable

Panthera leo (lion) — Wikimedia Commons

Photos

© Sidnei Dantas, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
© Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
© Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
© Job, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
© Nicolás Ortiz Durán, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

Summary

The lion 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 prominent mane that extends from the head to the shoulders and chest.

From Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

At a glance

IUCN status: VulnerableIUCN Red List via Wikidata · CC0
iNaturalist: 18,627 photo observationsiNaturalist open data · CC0

Habitat: not yet known

Classification

Conservation

VU · VulnerableIUCN Red List via Wikidata · CC0

Artifacts

Photos6Wikimedia Commons and iNaturalist

Names

20 languages

English: African Lion, LionCatalogue of Life COL26.10 · CC BY
Arabic: أسدWikidata · CC0
German: LöweWikidata · CC0
Spanish: LeónCatalogue of Life COL26.10 · CC BY
French: LionCatalogue of Life COL26.10 · CC BY
Hindi: सिंहWikidata · CC0
Indonesian: SingaWikidata · CC0
Italian: leoneWikidata · CC0
Japanese: ライオンWikidata · CC0
Korean: 사자Wikidata · CC0
Dutch: leeuwWikidata · CC0
Polish: lew afrykańskiWikidata · CC0
Portuguese: leãoWikidata · CC0
Russian: левWikidata · CC0
Swedish: lejonWikidata · CC0
Swahili: simbaWikidata · CC0
Turkish: aslanWikidata · CC0
Ukrainian: левWikidata · CC0
Vietnamese: sư tửWikidata · CC0
Chinese: 獅Wikidata · CC0

2 synonyms

Felis leo
Panthera leo nubica

Catalogue of Life COL26.10 · CC BY

Sources and gaps

Partly known (1)

At a glanceHabitat: not recorded

Sources (7)

Catalogue of Life COL26.10 · CC BY Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia · CC BY-SA IUCN Red List via Wikidata · CC0 iNaturalist open data · CC0Wikimedia Commons and iNaturalistWikidata · CC0

Dataset v3d. Classification: Catalogue of Life COL26.10 (CC BY 4.0) and Open Tree of Life (CC0). Each photo is credited where it is shown.

Catalogue of Life Wikidata iNaturalist Open Tree GBIF

Photos: iNaturalist (CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY), Wikimedia Commons