This "King of Beasts" as soon as roamed over most  
elements of the arena along with Africa, North America  
and Eurasia. Today, but, they're restricted  
to the savanna, open expanses, and grassy  
plains of Africa, and to a small location of western  
India. There are approximately 15,000 lions withinside the wild  
today. Just ten years in the past that quantity turned into c 
to 50,000. The shrinking numbers are because of 
searching and overpopulation of humans. 
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One hundred and fifty years in the past, there lived a  
subspecies of lion, Panthera leo persica, which 
turned into discovered from India to the Middle East. There  
are simplest an expected few hundred alive today.  
They may be discovered withinside the Gir wooded area sanctuary in 
Gujarat, in western India. A sanctuary turned into set up  
in 1966 withinside the Gir wooded area to attempt to defend the  
surviving numbers of Asiatic Lions in India. They  
are endangered because of searching and different human  
factors.  
The Lion is the simplest cat that lives in big social  
organizations, stocks its territory, and frequently hunts  
collectively. The Lion`s food plan includes wildebeests,  
antelope, zebras, wild pigs, buffalo, impalas, and different hoofed mammals. The  
Lionesses do all of the searching in big quantity of organizations or pairs. Prey will be  
approached with stealth till it's far in range, then the cats will lunge and kill the prey 
through biting its neck. Lions are the dominant carnivores of their habitat and could pressure 
away competition or maybe kill them. 
The Lion's head and frame may be up to 8 feet,  inches, and tail as much as three  
feet, 5 inches. Its weight may be as much as 550 pounds.  
Lions are frequently ground-dwellers, however on occasion bounce up tree branches. Most 
Lions will stay withinside the equal territory all 12 months long, but a few are nomadic and  
observe the seasonal prey.  
Lions stay collectively in a delight primarily based totally upon a set of associated ladies (Lionesses) and  
their cubs. Surprisingly, the delight is led through a dominant female. When a brand new male  
joins a delight it'll pressure away the opposite men and kill any ultimate cubs, then  
mate with the ladies to provide his very own offspring.  
A Lioness will supply delivery to up to 6 cubs after a gestation length of 15-17 weeks. All  
of the Lionesses withinside the delight percentage withinside the rearing of the cubs and the men may also 
also be playful with them