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Lions are large cats that have come to symbolize
power, courage and nobility .
Lion Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Leo
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Other Names:
Lion in Foreign Languages:
Afrikaans: leeu
Albanian: luan
Amharic: anbäsa
Asturian: lleón
Azeri: aslan / sir
Basque: lehoi
Belarusian: leu
Bengali: singha
Binisayâ: liyón
Burmese: chindhe
Catalan: lleó
Cherokee: tladatsi / hvdayi / tlvdatsi
usqualeni
Crimean Tatar: arslan
Czech: lev
Danish: løve / løvinde
Dutch: leeuw
Esperanto: leono
Estonian: lõvi
Faroese: leyva / ljón / løva
Filipino: leon
Tagalog: leon / liyon
Finnish: leijona
French: lion
Galician: león
Georgian: lomi
German: Löwe / lioness / Löwin
/ Leu
Middle High German: lewe; löuwe,
leu
Old High German: lewo, leo
Old Prussian: lauws
Ancient Greek: léon
Hawaiian: liona
Hebrew: aryé
Hungarian: oroszlán
Icelandic: ljón
Ido: leono
Indonesian: singa
Interlingua: leon
Irish: leon
Italian: leone
Latin: leo
Latvian: lauva
Lithuanian: liutas
Lojban: cinfo
Luxembourgish: Léiw
Macedonian: lav
Malagasy: liona
Malay: singa
Maltese: iljun
Mongolian: arslan
Nahuatl: cuamiztli
Navajo: náshdóítsoh bitsiiji' daditl'ooígíí
Nepali: sinh
North Frisian: lau
Norwegian: løve
Occitan: leon
Ossetian:dombaj / lev
Persian: šir
Polish: lew
Portuguese: leão
Romanian: leu
Russian: lev / lioness / l'víca
Sanskrit: kesari
Scottish Gaelic: leòmhann
Roman: lav
Sindhi: šeehu~ / šeehinn
Sinhalese: sinnnhaya
Slovak: lev
Slovene: lev
Somali: libaax
Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: law
Upper Sorbian: law
Spanish: león
Swahili: simba
Swedish: lejon
Tajik: šer
Tamil: cingkam
Thai: sing dtoh / râat chá see
Tibetan: sen-ge
Turkish: aslan
Turkmen: arslan / sir / ýolbars
Urdu: babar ser
Uzbek: sher / arslon
Welsh: llew
West Frisian: liuw
Yiddish: leyb
Yoruba: kìnìún
Zulu: ingonyama
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Size: Lions are 4.5-6.6 feet long with a tail
of 26.25 to 39.5 inches. Lions weigh from 265 to 500
lbs. Lions stand 3-4 feet at the shoulder. Male lions
are 20 to 35% larger than their female counterparts
and 50% heavier.
Habitat: Lions are found in Africa and the
Gir Forest of India.
Diet: Lions are carnivores. Lions prey on antelopes,
zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, impalas, and other large
animals found in the open grasslands of Africa.
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Communication: Lions communicate through
sound and markings.
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Did You Know?
Lions can consume up to 60 pounds of
meat in a single sitting.
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Gestation: A lioness carry their young for approximately
110 days.
Birth: A lioness gives birth to a litter of
3-4 cubs at a time. Lion cubs stay with their mother
for the first 2 years of their life.
Sexually Mature: Lions and lionesses reach sexual
maturity between the ages of 36 to 46 months.
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Life Span: Lions live 16 to 18 years
in the wild.
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Did You Know?
Male lions mark their territory by
spraying a mixture of urine and glandular
secretions on tree trunks and bushes
in their territory.
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Social Structure: Lions live in groups called
prides. Prides can have 3-40 members. In a pride, lions
will work together to hunt, raise the young and defend
their territory. Usually all the lionesses in the pride
are related.
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