lion (Panthera leo)

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lion (Panthera leo)

Subject:	lion (Panthera leo)
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Felis leo - 1818-1842 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ22100029.jpg

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lion (Panthera leo)

Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856)
Creator:C. de Lasteyrie
Description
Felis leo
Date 1818-1842
Source/Photographer Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des mammifères, pl. 63
Old Latin name Felis leo
New Latin name Panthera leo
Common name Nederlands: Leeuw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felis_leo_-_1818-1842_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ22100029.tif

The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in India (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park).

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