Lion

Lion Fossil range: Early Pleistocene tae recent
Male Female (lioness)
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: P. leo
Binomial name
Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution o lions in Indie: The Gir Forest, in Gujarat, is the last naitural range o aboot 400 wild Asiatic lions. There are plans tae reintroduce some lions tae Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
Synonyms
Felis leo Linnaeus, 1758

The lion (Panthera leo) is ane o the fower big cats in the genus Panthera an a memmer o the faimily Felidae. Wi some males exceedin 250 kg (550 lb) in wicht, it is the seicont-lairgest livin cat efter the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africae an in Asie, wi an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest Naitional Pairk in Indie, haein disappeared frae North Africae an Soothwast Asie in historic times. Till the late Pleistocene, aboot 10,000 years ago, the lion wis the maist widespread lairge laund mammal efter humans. They wur foond in maist o Africae, athort Eurasie frae wastren Europe tae Indie, an in the Americas frae the Yukon tae Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species, haein seen a major population decline o 30–50% ower the past twa decadesTemplate:Date missing in its African range. Lion populations are untenable ootside designatit reserves an naitional pairks. Although the cause o the decline is no fully unnerstuid, habitat loss an conflicts wi humans are currently the greatest causes o concern. Athin Africae, the Wast African lion population is pairticularly endangered.