The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the five major felines in the sort Panthera and an individual from the family Felidae. The ordinarily utilized term African lion all things considered signifies the few subspecies found in Africa. With some guys surpassing 250 kg (550 lb) in weight,[4] it is the second-biggest living feline after the tiger. Wild lions at present exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia (where an imperiled leftover populace dwells in Gir Forest National Park in India) while different sorts of lions have vanished from North Africa and Southwest Asia in memorable times. Until the late Pleistocene, around 10,000 years back, the lion was the most broad huge area warm blooded creature after people. They were found in the greater part of Africa, crosswise over Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru.[5] The lion is a powerless animal categories, having seen a noteworthy populace decrease in its African scope of 30–50% for each two decades amid the second 50% of the twentieth century.[2] Lion populaces are untenable outside assigned stores and national parks. Despite the fact that the reason for the decrease is not completely comprehended, territory misfortune and clashes with people are right now the best reasons for concern. Inside of Africa, the West African lion populace is especially jeopardized. In the wild, guys rarely live more than 10 to 14 years, as wounds supported from constant battling with adversary guys enormously diminish their longevity.[6] In bondage they can live over 20 years. They commonly occupy savanna and meadow, despite the fact that they might take to shrub and woods. Lions are strangely social contrasted with different felines. A pride of lions comprises of related females and posterity and a little number of grown-up guys. Gatherings of female lions regularly chase together, preying for the most part on vast ungulates. Lions are pinnacle and cornerstone predators, despite the fact that they are likewise master foragers acquiring more than 50 percent of their sustenance by searching as circumstance permits. While lions don't regularly chase people, some have. Dozing for the most part amid the day, lions are dynamic fundamentally around evening time (nighttime), albeit infrequently at sundown (crepuscular).[7][8] Exceptionally particular, the male lion is effectively perceived by its mane, and its face is a standout amongst the most broadly perceived creature images in human society. Delineations have existed from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and artistic creations from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves, through basically all antiquated and medieval societies where they once happened. It has been broadly delineated in models, in compositions, on national banners, and in contemporary movies and writing. Lions have been kept in zoological gardens subsequent to the season of the Roman Empire, and have been a key animal groups looked for show in zoos over the world since the late eighteenth century. Zoos are coordinating worldwide in reproducing programs for the jeopardized Asiatic subspecies.
