Lion
Panthera leo / Lion
- Habitat
- various savannahs, semi-deserts and gallery forests
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- mostly large ungulates, but also small animals and carrion
- Gestation/breeding period
- 110 days
- Mode of life
- Pack or loner
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Carnivora
Key facts
~ 2.50 m
size
~ 200 kg
weight
~ 20 years
age
How endangered are Lions?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
-
Vulnerable Vulnerable - Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
Females usually give birth to one to four young. Newborns weigh about 1.5 kilograms and are suckled by the mother for six to eight weeks in a hiding place far away from the pack.
Lion on the zoo tour
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