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KIARAsART — feed me NOW
Published: 2011-05-23 17:09:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1009; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 0
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Description
Female African lion (Panthera leo leo [link] ) having lunch.Home: Africa
Status: vulnerable
Extent of occurrence is estimated at over 4.5 million km², 22% of historical range.
regionally Endangered (West African population, only 850 mature individuals)
Lions are extinct in North Africa, having perhaps survived in the High Atlas Mountains up to the 1940s ("Atlas Lion").
The other subspecies of lion is the Indian lion (Panthera leo persica). Which is endangered
[link] Cool info about current African lion conservation plans: [link]
