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Lion
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Lion
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Present
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Lion waiting in Namibia.jpg
Male lion in Okonjima, Namibia
Okonjima Lioness.jpg
Female (lioness) in Okonjima
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: P. leo[1]
Binomial name
Panthera leo[1]
(Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
Subspecies
P. l. leo
P. l. melanochaita
daggerP. l. sinhaleyus
Lion distribution.png
Historical and present distribution of lion in Africa, Asia and Europe
The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male