Photo:GinaFranchiCC BY-SA 4.0
Predators & furbearers
Lion
Panthera leo
- Group
- Predators & furbearers
- Size class
- Large (70–300 kg)
- Family
- Felidae
Range
- Africa
Habitat
- Savanna
Range
Countries it is found in
27 countries
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Lion. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:National Geographic Okavango Wilderness ProjectCC BY
Cross-reference
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