Lion

Information about the species of African lions: The lion [female: lioness] (scientific name: Panthera leo) is a species of carnivorous mammal in the genus Panthera and the family Felidae. The species is currently found in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, with a single remaining endangered population in Gir Forest National Park, Gujarat, India. It was extinct in North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times, and until the Late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, it was the most widespread large land mammal after humans, being found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia , from Western Europe to India, and in America, from the Yukon to Mexico. It is one of the four big cats, with some males exceeding 250 kilograms in weight, making it the second largest recent feline after the tiger, The species does not have a defined reproductive season and can reproduce at any time of the year, subject to interference from climate and food availability.[35] Generally the female reproduces every two years and preferably in the rainy season. The female is polyestrous and may enter estrus in response to the loss of the litter due to infanticide or together with other females in the pride. Estrus lasts between 4 and 7 days and has an interval of a few days to a year, These big cats live in groups of 5 to 40 individuals, being the only felines with gregarious habits. In a group, there is a division of tasks: the females are responsible for hunting and caring for the young, while the male is responsible for demarcating the territory and defending the group from larger or more numerous animals (against possible attacks by hyenas, buffaloes, elephants and other male lions), The species was originally distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa (except dense rainforest) and northern Africa (above the Sahara Desert) through southwest Asia, west to Europe (Balkan Peninsula and Caucasus) and east to India. Memory: A young lion that was born a year ago, has a more animalistic and imposing personality, has the same appearance as a male lion.