Essay on Lion

 Essay on Lion

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Introduction

Lion is a big cat also called the "king of the jungle". The lion belongs to the family Felidae and genus Panthera and the scientific name is Panthera Leo. After Siberian tiger, lion is the second largest cat species. The word “lion” is derived from Latin word “Leo” and ancient Greek word “Leon”. There are two subspecies of lions; the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo Persica) and African lion (Panthera leo melanochaita). Probably 100,000 years ago African lion and Asiatic lion split apart.

Description of Lion

Lion is a strong and brave animal and also known as “King of the beasts”. Lion has a muscular body, covered with short yellow-gold coat. The adult male lion has reddish-brown to black shaggy mane determined by age, genetics and hormone. African lions are bigger than the Asiatic lions. The length of the African lion is 9 to 10 feet from head to tail. Their tails are 2 to 3 feet long. Their body weight is between 330 pounds and 550 pounds. The length of the Asiatic lion is 6.6 to 9.2 feet from head to tail and weight is 242 pounds to 418 pounds. Male lion has a luxurious collar of long hair around its neck which is called “mane”. The maneless lions are found in Tsavo East National Park in Kenya, Dinder National Park in Sudan and in Senegal. The white lions of Timbavati in South Africa are also mane less. Their mane’s colour and size are depended on climate, sexual maturity, testosterone production and genetic. The darker and fuller mane indicates a healthier animal.

Habitat of lions

Lions are fund in the Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Eurasia. In Africa, lions live in the equatorial rain forests and the southern coast of the western portion of Africa. Most of African lions are found in the dense forests of Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Asiatic lion is also known as “Indian lion” and “Persian lion” and are found in Gir forest of north-western India. There are now about 674 lions are surviving in this restricted Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat, India.

Behaviour of lions

The lion is the most social of all wild species, lives in a social organization, known as “pride”. In a pride, there will be 2 to 3 male lions and 5 to 7 female lions along the cubs. Lions produce the sounds to communicate such as growling, snarling, mewing, roaring, purring, puffing, bleating and humming. The sound of their roar can be heard from a distance of 8 km. Their roar is a warning to other animals and predators. The lions are apex predators and are at the top of the food chain. Adult male lion eats 16 pound and lioness eats 11 pounds of meat each day. Most of hunting is done by lioness but after killing, male lion eat first and the lioness or cubs wait for their turn.

Threats to Lions

The main threats to the lions are habitat destruction, human-lions conflict, poaching, hunting etc. The poachers kill the lions for their body parts such as skin, claws, teeth and bones which are sold in Asian market with high price. The other threats that affect the lions are mining in wild areas, deforestation, illegal hunting, diseases etc.

Conservation

The Asiatic lion’s current range is restricted to the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat, India. n Africa, most lions now live in East and Southern Africa. Now there are 20,000 lions remain in the wild.

Conclusion

World Lion Day is celebrated on 10 August since 2013. The purposes of celebrating World Lions Day are to raise awareness about lion’s issues; to protect the natural habitat of the lions and educate people how to protect the lions.

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Essay on Lion -10 Lines

·       Lion is a big cat also called the "king of the jungle" and also known as “King of the beasts”.

·       Panthera Leo is the scientific name of the lion 

·       There are two subspecies of lions; the Asiatic lion and African lion.

·       Lion has a muscular body, covered with short yellow-gold coat and male lion has reddish-brown to black shaggy mane.

·       Male lion has long hair around its neck which is called “mane”.

·       Lions live in group, which is called “pride” which has 3 or 4 male lions and 12 to 14 lionesses and the cubs.

·       Lions are carnivorous animals so they eat the flesh or meat of deer, bison, as well as giraffe, buffalo, zebra, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, ostrich, small crocodile, tortoise etc.

·       Now there are 20,000 African lions remain in the wild.

·       The cubs play hide and seek and wrestling with each other and mother lion gives training her cubs to hunt.

·       The male lions can live 12 to 16 years but the lioness can live 15 to 18 years.

Essay on Lion -100 Words

Lion is a big cat also called the "king of the jungle". After Siberian tiger, lion is the second largest cat species. Two types of lions are found in the world- Asiatic lion and African lion. Lion has a muscular body, covered with short yellow-gold coat. The male lion has shaggy mane. They have round head, round ears, a long tail and end of their tail has a tuft of hair. Lions are fund in the Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Eurasia. Lions are carnivorous animals. They have very sharp eyesight so they can see well in the dark. Lions can live 12 to 18 years.