lion (Panthera leo) Title Head of a sleeping lion. Drawing, c. 1789.
Description
Head of a sleeping lion. Drawing, c. 1789.
Iconographic Collections
Keywords: Thomas Holloway; Johann Caspar Lavater
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_of_a_sleeping_lion._Drawing,_c._1789._Wellcome_V0009298ER.jpg
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in India (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park).