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They are listed as <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-0">vulnerable</span> by IUCN and in <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-1">cites appendix ii</span>. They are native to <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-2">the Palearctic</span>, <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-3">Ethiopia</span>, and <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-4">Asia</span>. They are <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-6">nocturnal</span> <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-5">carnivores</span>. Individuals are known to live for 360 months and can grow to 1835.16 mm. They have parental care (<span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-7">cooperative breeding</span>, <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-8">paternal care</span>, and <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-9">female provides care</span>). They rely on <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-10">running</span> to move around.</p> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-0'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/vulnerable">http://eol.org/schema/terms/vulnerable</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A taxon is Vulnerable when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Vulnerable, and it is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.</li> <li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href='http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/15951'>http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/15951</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2699&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=500&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-1'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/CITES_II">http://eol.org/schema/terms/CITES_II</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Appendix II lists species that are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. It also includes so-called "look-alike species", i.e. species whose specimens in trade look like those of species listed for conservation reasons. International trade in specimens of Appendix-II species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate. No import permit is necessary for these species under CITES (although a permit is needed in some countries that have taken stricter measures than CITES requires). Permits or certificates should only be granted if the relevant authorities are satisfied that certain conditions are met, above all that trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. (See Article IV of the Convention)</li> <li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href='https://www.speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/6353/legal'>https://www.speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/6353/legal</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=431&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=500&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-2'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447">https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png'>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1815&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1648&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-3'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/337996">http://www.geonames.org/337996</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=4360&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1648&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-4'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/6255147">http://www.geonames.org/6255147</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=3155&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1648&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-5'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875">http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=365&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2563&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-6'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179">http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1691&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=212&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-7'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/CooperativeBreeding">http://eol.org/schema/terms/CooperativeBreeding</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The species regularly breeds cooperatively, with nonparents providing care. </li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109'>Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=3927&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-8'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare">http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6436&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-9'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale">http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> the female feeds and nurtures offspring</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109'>Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6263&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-10'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The act of locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that periodically none of the limbs are touching the ground.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2137&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <p>EOL has data for <a href="/pages/328672/data">84 attributes</a>, including:</p> </div> <ul class='sample-traits'> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>age at eye opening</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtEyeOpening">http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtEyeOpening</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Age at which both eyes are fully open after birth.</li> <li><strong>Comment:</strong> Add to VT postnatal growth trait ontology</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O''Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA, a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/'>Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O''Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA, a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=39&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>3 days</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>age at maturity</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtMaturity">http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtMaturity</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Age at the first successful reproduction.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=42&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>36 months</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>body shape</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape">http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=262&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>bilaterally symmetric</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8222&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=262&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>diet breadth</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth">http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=621&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>1</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>diet includes</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Information about the items eaten by this organism.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=622&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>carrion</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202994">https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202994</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> dead and decaying flesh of an animal</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8234&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=622&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>dispersal age</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/DispersalAge">http://eol.org/schema/terms/DispersalAge</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Age at which young permanently leave the parent, parental group, social group or any associated territories.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=632&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>1080 days</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>ecomorphological guild</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild">http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=700&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>fossorial and/or ground dwelling</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossorialOrGround">http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossorialOrGround</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> An organism that is adapted to terrestrial life below ground, on or near the ground. </li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=885&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=700&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>geographic range (size of area)</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea">http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=942&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>11237685.34 km^2</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>habitat breadth</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth">http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Number of habitat layers used by an organism</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1004&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>1</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>home range</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/HomeRange">http://eol.org/schema/terms/HomeRange</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Size of the area within which everyday activities of individuals or groups (of any type) are typically restricted.</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/'>Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1084&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>103.85 km^2</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>inter-birth interval</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/InterBirthInterval">http://eol.org/schema/terms/InterBirthInterval</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The length of time between successive births of a female.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1167&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>20 months</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>litters per year</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear">http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Number of litters per female per year</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1347&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>0.66</div> </div> </li> </ul> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/leaflet-0c7c49ff6cef60703f21846c767458278dc2e5a07b6df4416a14a9ee18fd8764.css" /> <div class='map-contain-overview-section'> <div class='map-contain map-contain-overview'> <div class='map' data-icon-path='/assets/maps/pin24-d17b03d0a7bd19160afaf9201eac240d5c79b6181ea425ebf09355f73099e856.png' data-icon-retina-path='/assets/maps/pin48-dc733efea4bd3e7cb7d10c3faf5e670f9e5833f09ef9433045fc1a9dd67d9948.png' data-map-data-path='/data/map_data_dwca/72/328672.json' id='map'></div> <div class='uk-text-meta map-caption'>Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of African Lion. <a href='https://gbif.org/species/5219404'>View this species on GBIF <i class='fa fa-external-link'></i></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='l-right-col'> <a class="hero-link" href="/media/15269353"><div class='hero hero-after'> <img src="https://content.eol.org/data/media/be/2a/ed/30.201c3a8802f397092e17b1fd077482ec.jpg" /> <div class='img-info'> <i class='copyright icon'></i> Frank Laubach   cc-by-3.0 </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class='l-overview-full'> <div class='trophic-web-contain-overview js-trophic-web-remote-contain' data-load-path='/pages/328672/trophic_web'> <div class='uk-flex uk-flex-center js-spinner'> <div class='spinner' uk-position='center' uk-spinner></div> </div> </div> <div class='page-children'> <h4>African Lion includes <a href="/pages/328672/names">8 children</a>:</h4> <ul class='page-child-list'> <li> <a href="/pages/1270436">Panthera leo azandica (J. A. Allen 1924) (North East Congo lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1270493">Panthera leo bleyenberghi (Lönnberg 1914) (Katanga lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1270492">Panthera leo krugeri (Roberts 1929) (Transvaal lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1273814">Panthera leo leo (Linnaeus 1758) (Barbary lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1270490">Panthera leo melanochaita (C. E. H. Smith 1858) (Lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1270491">Panthera leo nubica (de Blainville 1843) (Masai lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1225995">Panthera leo persica (Meyer 1826) (Asiatic Lion)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/1270487">Panthera leo senegalensis (J. 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