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Also known as Panthera leo, African lion, the lion, Asiatic lion

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Panthera leo, commonly known as the lion, is a species within the genus Panthera. It is an instance of a taxon characterized by viviparity and carnivory. The organism produces a roar and follows a crepuscular diel cycle. Its original combination was Felis leo.

The IUCN Red List classifies the lion as Vulnerable, with this status recorded in 2025. It is also listed in Appendix I of CITES. The species has a gestation period of 108 days and a litter size of 2.5. Lactation lasts for 8 days, and the longest observed lifespan is 27 years.

The lion’s mass is 188, with a bite force quotient of 112. It is referenced by 3,724 other encyclopedia articles. PubMed contains 12,661 records for the query "lion." The Unicode character for the subject is 🦁.

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Species

Vulnerable

「狮子」重定向至此。關於与此名称相似的其他条目，詳見「狮子 (消歧义)」。印度古吉拉特邦的吉爾森林國家公園是300隻野生亞洲獅最後的棲息地獅在非洲的分佈母獅, 塞倫蓋提國家公園, 坦桑尼亞獅（學名：Panthera leo），俗稱獅子（古稱狻猊），被人稱為百獸之王。獅是一種生存在非洲和亞洲的大型猫科動物，豹屬之中最著名的一種，現存中是和老虎并列的两大猫科动物，其雄性的鬃毛是其特徵之一，過去牠分佈在多個洲，但因為人類的開發，現代的獅群生存環境與分佈已經大大縮小了。中國地區本來沒有獅子，直到張騫通西域以後，才從伊朗附近的地區知道獅子的存在。

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Research

12,661 papers

Lion Localizer: A software tool for inferring the provenance of lions (Panthera leo) using mitochondrial DNA.The Journal of heredity · 2024Au WC, Dures SG, Ishida Y et al.DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esad072
Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from African Lion to Zoo Employees, Indiana, USA, 2021.ReviewEmerging infectious diseases · 2023Siegrist AA, Richardson KL, Ghai RR et al.DOI: 10.3201/eid2906.230150
The Lion King and the Hyaena Queen: large carnivore interactions and coexistence.ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2015Périquet S, Fritz H, Revilla EDOI: 10.1111/brv.12152
Mycobacterium bovis infection in the lion (Panthera leo): Current knowledge, conundrums and research challenges.ReviewVeterinary microbiology · 2015Viljoen IM, van Helden PD, Millar RPDOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.03.028
Invasive ants stir up lion predation.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Harold SDOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02351-6
Genomic analysis supports Cape Lion population connectivity prior to colonial eradication and extinction.The Journal of heredity · 2024de Flamingh A, Gnoske TP, Rivera-Colón AG et al.DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esad081
Deciphering the enigma of human-lion coexistence in India.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025Gogoi K, Banerjee K, Chakrabarti S et al.DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14420
Lions.Current biology : CB · 2010Packer CDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.003

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: big cat
Parent taxon: Panthera
Mass: 126
Image: PZ lion pride.jpg

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taxon name: Panthera leo
taxon rank: species
original combination: Felis leo
IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable
topic's main category: Category:Lions
Commons category: Panthera leo
Unicode character: 🦁
Commons gallery: Panthera leo
taxon common name: առյուծ
gestation period: 108
bite force quotient: 112
litter size: 2.5
longest observed lifespan: 27
period of lactation: 8
has characteristic: carnivore
diel cycle: crepuscular
CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES
sequenced genome URL: www.ensembl.org/Panthera_leo
main food source: ungulate
P8168: lead selenide
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
age of onset of sexual maturity: 3
exact match: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/turkforms.php?form=lionlion
temporal range start: Early Pleistocene

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