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lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus
Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males
exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest
living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in
Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered remnant
population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared
from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the
late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most
widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most
of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the
Americas from the Yukon to Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species,
having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of thirty to
fifty percent over the past two decades in its African range. Lion
populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national
parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood,
habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest
causes of concern. Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the
wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years. In
the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries
sustained from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce
their longevity. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland,
although they may take to bush and forest. Lions are unusually
social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related
females and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of
female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large
ungulates. Lions are apex and keystone predators, although they
scavenge as opportunity allows. While lions do not typically hunt
humans, some have been known to do so. Highly distinctive, the male
lion is easily recognised by its mane, and its face is one of the
most widely recognised animal symbols in human culture. Depictions
have existed from the Upper Paleolithic period,
