Lions

Lions

The lion is the second largest feline after the tiger, with length and lower weight, but being taller at the withers. It has a short coat and coloring is unicolor, ranging from light brown to silvery gray and yellowish red to dark brown.

Lions tend to vary in size depending on their environment and area of ​​distribution, resulting in a wide variation of morphometric records. Southern African individuals tend to be 5 percent heavier than the East African in general.

Animal data
Weight	150 - 250 (Males)
	80 - 120 (Femeles)
Length (average)	1,700 - 2,500 mm (Males)
	1,400 - 1750 mm (Femeles)
Tail (Average)	900 - 1,050 mm (Males)
	700 - 1,000 mm (Femeles)
Height (average)	1,230 mm (Males)
	1,070 mm (Femeles)
Gestation	100 - 119 days
Litter size	1 - 6
Weaning	6 - 7 months
Sexual maturity	3 - 4 anos (Males)
	3 - 4 anos (Femeles)
Logevity	Up to 30 years (captivity)

 

                                                                     Lioness

                                                                         Male lion

Curiosities

• Mane:Only the male has a mane as a means to defend themselves from predators and fighting for territory

• The heaviest lion found in nature known as'' man-eater ", was killed in 1936 on the outskirts of Hectorspruit, in the eastern province of Transvaal, South Africa, which weighed 313 kg.

• Another lion notably outsized male, was killed near Mount Kenya, and weighed 272 kg.

• Lions in captivity tend to be larger than lions in the wild, the heaviest recorded was a male at Colchester Zoo in England in 1970, named Simba, who weighed 375 kg.

• These big cats live in groups 5-40 individuals.