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The '''[[lion]]''' (''Panthera leo'') is a member of the family [[Felidae]] and one of four "[[big cat]]s" in the [[genus]] ''[[Panthera]]''. Reaching up to over 272 kg (600 lb), it is the second-largest cat after the [[tiger]]. They currently exist in the wild in [[sub-Saharan Africa]] and in [[Asia]] with a [[critically endangered]] remnant population in northwest [[India]], having disappeared from [[North Africa]], the Middle East and western Asia in historic times. Until the late [[Pleistocene]] (about 10,000 years ago), the lion was the most widespread large land mammal beside man. |
The '''[[lion]]''' (''Panthera leo'') is a member of the family [[Felidae]] and one of four "[[big cat]]s" in the [[genus]] ''[[Panthera]]''. Reaching up to over 272 kg (600 lb), it is the second-largest cat after the [[tiger]]. They currently exist in the wild in [[sub-Saharan Africa]] and in [[Asia]] with a [[critically endangered]] remnant population in northwest [[India]], having disappeared from [[North Africa]], the Middle East and western Asia in historic times. Until the late [[Pleistocene]] (about 10,000 years ago), the lion was the most widespread large land mammal beside man. |
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The lion is a [[vulnerable species]], having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of 30 to 50% over the past two decades |
The lion is a [[vulnerable species]], having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of 30 to 50% over the past two decades YEET. African range; populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not well-understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Lions have been kept in [[menagerie]]s since [[Roman era|Roman times]] and have been a key species sought after and exhibited in [[zoo]]s the world over since the late 18th century. |
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Revision as of 04:30, 18 February 2020
The lion (Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. Reaching up to over 272 kg (600 lb), it is the second-largest cat after the tiger. They currently exist in the wild in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in northwest India, having disappeared from North Africa, the Middle East and western Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene (about 10,000 years ago), the lion was the most widespread large land mammal beside man.
The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of 30 to 50% over the past two decades YEET. African range; populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not well-understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Lions have been kept in menageries since Roman times and have been a key species sought after and exhibited in zoos the world over since the late 18th century. (Read more...)