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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, currently ranging only in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane that extends from the…

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Lion

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related to Evolution · 33
Lion → Africa, African Palearctic, American, As, Asia, Asian, Asiatic, Central Africa, Due, East, Estimates, Eurasia, Europe, Felidae, Genetic, Hybridisation, Late Pleistocene, Lions, Middle Pleistocene, North Africa
related to Captive breeding · 30
Lion → Addis Ababa Zoo, Africa, African, American, Another, Aquariums, Asiatic, Association, Atlas Mountains, Barbary, Breeding, Cameroon, Cape, Captive, Chad, Emperor Haile Selassie, Europe, However, In, International Barbary Lion Project
related to Cultural significance · 27
Lion → African, Apedemak, Beasts, East Africa, East African, England, He, In, In Ancient Egypt, In Nubia, It, King, Lionheart, Maahes, Mali, Mali Empire, Nevertheless, Nile, Richard, Saharan Africa
related to Subspecies · 26
Lion → African, Allen, Asiatic, Barbary, Between, Cape, Cat Classification Task Force, Cat Specialist Group, Central Africa, East, Heller, In, It, IUCN Red List, Linnaeus, Lönnberg, Matschie, Meyer, Neumann, Noack
related to In Africa · 25
Lion → Africa, African, Benin, Burkina Faso, By, Central Africa, Congo, Critically Endangered, East, Estimates, Field, In, Most, National Park, Niger, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Primary, Republic, Several, Southern Africa
related to In zoos and circuses · 22
Lion → African, Although, Asiatic, At, Europe, European, France, Henry, Honolulu Zoo, In England, Italy, King John, Lions, London, Malmesbury, Oxfordshire, Renaissance, The, They, Tower
related to Fossil records · 21
Lion → Africa, Alaska, Alaskan, American, Americas, Beringia, Bone, Canada, Canadian, Eurasia, Europe, European, It, Late Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene, North Asian, Other, Paleolithic, Patagonia, Siberia
related to Hunting and games · 21
Lion → Africa, Ashurbanipal, Assyrian, BC, Cecil, During, Egyptian, Emperor Jahangir, Historically, In Ancient Rome, Lion Hunt, Lions, Mughal Empire, Pharaoh Amenhotep III, Pound, Scramble, Such, The, The Assyrian, The Maasai
related to Man-eating · 19
Lion → American, Another, At, Cases, Kenya, Lindi, Lindi Region, Lions, Mozambican, One, Rufiji River, Selous Game Reserve, Sick, Tanzania, Tanzanian, The, Tsavo, Uganda Railway, While
related to Historical range · 17
Lion → AD, African, BC, Before Present, During, Eastern Europe, Herodotus, Holocene, In, In Africa, In Greece, In Hungary, In Ukraine, North Africa, Sahara, Southeastern, Sudan

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Lionis amuscular0.90text
Lionis arare morph with a genetic condition called leucism0.90text
Lionis amost social of all wild felid species0.90text
Lionis ageneralist hypercarnivore and is considered to be both an apex and keystone predator due to its wide prey spectrum0.90text
Lionis aplacing of the tamer's head in the lion's mouth0.90text
buffaloinstance ofless agile prey0.80text
and are also capable of hunting them solitarilyinstance ofless agile prey0.80text
vulturesinstance ofLions defend their kills from scavengers0.80text
hyenas.Lions scavenge on carrion when the opportunity arisesinstance ofLions defend their kills from scavengers0.80text
scavenging animals dead from natural causesinstance ofLions defend their kills from scavengers0.80text
such as diseaseinstance ofLions defend their kills from scavengers0.80text
or those that other predators killedinstance ofLions defend their kills from scavengers0.80text

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