Description
Felis leo
Date 1809-1845
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schinz pl. 85
Old Latin name Felis leo
New Latin name Panthera leo
Common name Nederlands: Leeuw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felis_leo_-_1809-1845_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ22100069.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). |
