Lion

Panthera leo

Lions are social cats that live in groups called prides. A pride usually includes related females, their young, and one or more males.

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Tree of lifeScientific lineage

Advanced classification

Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

Physical traits

Adult male lions often grow a mane around the head and neck. Both sexes have a dark tuft at the tip of the tail.

Lions occupy a range of habitats, including grasslands, savannas and open woodland.

Lions hunt large prey such as zebras and wildebeest, and also scavenge when opportunities arise.

Members of a pride cooperate in defending territory and sometimes in hunting.

Evidence

Connected life

No reviewed ecological connections in the collection yet.