Description
General zoology, or Systematic natural history, by George Shaw ... with plates from the first authorities and most selected specimens, engraved principally by Mr. Heath.
Date 1800
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6302814266
Author Griffith; Heath, Charles; Shaw, George; Stephens, James Francis
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_zoology,_or_Systematic_natural_history_(Plate_81)_(6302814266).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).