Saturday, May 19, 2007

Lion Subspecies

Just a quick look at the two existing lion subspecies:

African Lion DistributionAfrican Lion

Weight: 350-520 lbs (Males)
250-350 lbs (Females)

Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa

Numbers in the wild: 20,000-30,000











Asiatic Lion DistributionAsiatic Lion

Weight: 350-475 lbs (Males)
225-325 lbs (Females)

Distribution: Gir Forest (Western India)Numbers in the wild: 350-400

6 comments:

Ellen Whyte said...

Check out the newly found Borneo clouded leopard: it's one gorgeous kitty!

snowforest said...

Yeah it's incredible to know that all these years nobody recognized it as a different species. It is a beautiful animal. Also encouraging is the fact that all the three concerned governments - Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia recently signed a conservation agreement protecting Borneo's wild life :)

SgtMajor said...

well its growing i think
from cats to big cats
thanks for coming to my site and gave suggestion

HRH Yao-Lin said...

Hi there, thanks for the comment on my blog, I have added you to my blogroll. I think your blog is very interesting and needless to say very informative, I look forward to reading many more interesting articles about my favourite species!

snowforest said...

u r welcome lady d. thanx yao-lin and the zoo, keep blogging and visiting :)

Anonymous said...

why the fuck is it that everything in asia is smaller. african lion is bigger than asiatic lion. asians are smaller than anybody else in the world. tigers are bigger than lions, im not sure but i dont think there's tigers in africa. if there is im sure it will also be bigger than tigers in asia. elephants in asia are also significantly smaller than african elephants. why??? is it the weather? diet? or just magic??? fuck!

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