File: Lion Trophy Animals in digital format

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The Lion (Panthera leo) is a species of carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae. The female lion is the lioness, her cub is the lion. The adult male, easily recognizable by his large mane, has an average mass that can vary depending on the geographical area where it is found, ranging from 145 to 180 kg for Asian lions to over 225 kg for African lions. Some very rare specimens can exceptionally exceed 300 kg. An adult male eats 7 kg of meat every day against 5 kg for the female. The lion is a gregarious animal, which means that it lives in large family groups, unlike other felines. Its life expectancy, in the wild, is between 7 and 12 years for the male and 14 to 20 years for the female, but it frequently exceeds 30 years in captivity. The male lion only hunts occasionally, he is responsible for fighting intruders on the territory and threats against the troop. The lion roars. There are only 16,500 to 30,000 individuals left in the wild in the African savannah, divided into two subspecies, and about 300 in Gir Forest National Park (northwestern India). It is nicknamed "the king of animals" because its mane gives it an appearance similar to the Sun, which appears as "the king of stars". Between 1993 and 2017, its population declined by 43%.