Not to be confused with Mountain lion or Lyon. The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail.

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5 days ago · Lion, large, powerfully built cat that is second in size only to the tiger. The proverbial ‘king of the beasts,’ the lion has been one of the best-known wild animals since earliest times. Lions are most active at night and live in a variety of habitats but prefer grassland, savanna, dense scrub, and open woodland.

For all of their roaring, growling, and ferociousness, lions are family animals and truly social in their own communities. They usually live in groups of 15 or more animals called prides.

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It is the second-largest living big cat after the tiger. Males are unique among the cat species for their thick mane of brown or black hair encircling their head and neck. The mane darkens with age, and the thicker and darker a mane is the healthier the cat. Both males and females roar — a sound heard as far as 8 kilometers away.

May 27, 2024 · The lion animal is one of the largest cats in the world with males being taller and heavier than females and displaying a mane of long hair around their faces (in fact, it is the only case in the feline world where males and females actually look different).

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Sep 1, 2005 · We report a new model of type 1 diabetes, the LEW.1WR1 rat. These animals are of unusual interest because they develop autoimmune diabetes both spontaneously at a rate of ∼2% and in response to immunological perturbation at a rate that can reach 100%.

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