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African Lioness

Panthera Leo

Description:

One of the five big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies found in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.

Habitat:

Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park in India) while other types of lions have disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times.

Notes:

Image taken by me at the Sacramento Zoo with a Cannon digital camera.

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BuddyForHire
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BuddyForHire

Sacramento, California, USA

Spotted on May 24, 2014
Submitted on Jan 9, 2015

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