Lions are carnivores, cats and leopards. Known as the lion, China is known as the sister-in-law. This is a big cat that lives in Africa and Asia. It is the cat with the largest average weight in existence and the only male and female cat in the world.
Lions are big, even big, with long limbs and toes. The head is big and round, the snout is short, and the vision, hearing and smell are developed. Canine teeth and cracked teeth are extremely developed; The upper tooth has three tips, and the lower tooth has two tips. The molars degenerated, and the crown diameter was smaller than the height of lateral incisors. Soft fur. 5 toes on the front foot and 4 toes on the back foot; The claws are sharp and retractable. The tail is more developed.
Known as the "king of grassland", it is the top cat carnivore in Africa. The average weight of wild African lions is 240 kilograms, and the total length can reach 2.4-3.3 meters. Lions have short hair and are light gray, yellow or brown in color. Lions also have long manes, such as light brown, dark brown and black. The long mane extends to the shoulders and chest.
Living in savanna and grassland, it also appears in shrubs and dry forests. Carnivorous, often ambush and kill other warm-blooded animals. Distributed in African grasslands, Asia and India. The life span of lions in the wild is 10 to 14 years, and the life span in captivity is longer, generally more than 20 years.
The lion is a big cat. According to its evolutionary trajectory, scientists concluded that this species originated about1.20 thousand years ago. The latest achievement published in the British magazine BMC Evolutionary Biology was completed by researchers from Britain, America, France and Australia.
Lion habitat:
Lions were once distributed in all parts of Africa, South Asia and the Middle East except tropical rain forests. Now lions in other parts of Asia have disappeared except Jill in India, and there are no wild lions in North Africa. Lions are mainly distributed in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa, which can be regarded as a specialty of Africa.
In the past, lions were found in all ecological environments except the cold zone and the sub-cold zone. Today, their living environment has been greatly reduced. They prefer grasslands, inhabit savanna and grassland, and may also appear in shrubs, dry forests and semi-deserts.