Asiatic Lion facts 🦁 Where is it in India 🇮🇳? Is it’s belly-skin special 😎

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The Asiatic lion is a Panthera leo leo population surviving today only in India. Since the turn of the 20th century, its range is restricted to Geer National Park and the surrounding areas in the Indian state of Gujaraat.
The lion is one of five pantherine cats native to India, along with the Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard.
The Asiatic lion's fur ranges in colour from ruddy-tawny, heavily speckled with black, to sandy or buffish grey, sometimes with a silvery sheen in certain lighting. Males have only moderate mane growth at the top of the head, so that their ears are always visible. The mane is scanty on the cheeks and throat, where it is only 10 centimeters long. The sagittal crest is more strongly developed, and the post-orbital area is shorter than in African lions. It differs from the African lion by a larger tail tuft and less inflated auditory bullae. The most striking morphological character of the Asiatic lion is a longitudinal fold of skin running along its belly.
Geer Forest sanctuary and the surrounding areas are the only habitats supporting the Asiatic lion.
Male Asiatic lions are solitary or associate with up to three males forming a loose pride. Pairs of males rest, hunt and feed together, and display marking behaviour at the same sites. Females associate with up to 12 females forming a stronger pride together with their cubs. They share large carcasses among each other, but seldom with males. Female and male lions usually associate only for a few days when mating, but rarely live and feed together.

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