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How are lions similar &
different from other cats?
SAME Different
•Lions and other big cats are
endangered species
•most cat species [except
perhaps the house cat] are
slowly becoming extinct.
•Most are over hunted for their
fur.
•Many subspecies are found
throughout the feline species.
•Stalks prey then attacks.
•From all the roaring and growling and
ferociousness lions are family animals
and very social in their own
communities.
•They live in 15 or more in prides
•When a new male lion becomes the
leader of the pride it is not unusual
for him to kill all the cubs within the
pride
•Other feline wait un till dark to hunt
when the lion hunts anytime a day.
•Some like water like tigers.
•The female lion carries her babies for
100-119 days. Depending on the habitat
of the lion they ill often hide their new
born. Most females lions abandon their
pride and deliver their babies.
•The number of cubs born depends on
the age and diet of the mother. The
litter size is 1 to 4 lion cubs. The pride of
lions reproduce at the same time.
•Cubs reach sexual maturity at 24 to 28
months in captivity and at 36 to 46
months in the wild. The difference here
is one of nutrition. Overall cub
mortality rates are high. In the wild as
many as 80% die before they are 2
years old. Because the cubs are not able
to compete with larger ones during
feeding, some of them starve. Even in
times of abundance cubs may starve if
all the kills are small.
The Saber-tooth tiger
•1 million years ago
•during ice age period.
•Scientific name genus
smildon.
•Had large teeth which
gave the name sabertooth.
Tiger
•Tigers have many
subspecies.
•They are still
around to day.
•Scientific name:
Panthera Tigris
•Fossil show that the lion appeared more
recently than the other Pantheras.
•records date back to around 750,000 years ago
•stem from Western Africa. From here lions
spread north into Asia and Europe
•Cave lion (Panthera spelaea) and Tuscany lion
were found in the Balkans and Northern Italy
•The ancestral lion also crossed from Asia into
north America and the American lion (Panthera
atrox) spread south as far as Peru.
EXTINCT LIONS
Some lions are extinct now. They are hunted and killed by humans or died
because of natural causes.
Barbary Lion
Cape Lion
Cave Lion
The Barbary Lion has
been extinct since the
early 1920's.
The Cape Lion has
been extinct since the
1860's
It apparently went
extinct about
10,000 years ago
WORK CITED
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/felins/Roaring,%20African%20Lion.jpg(pic 1)
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/lion.htm (reproduction)
http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgph0183+lion-leopard-tiger-wildbig-catsposter.jpg
http://www.lionking.org/~sichi/lions.htm
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Lion
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Simba2040/LION-7.jpg
http://library.thinkquest.org/5481/saber.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/platypus929/endangeredtoday.htm
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/evolution.htm
http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/curriculums/barbary-lion-pc.cfm
http://www.elanso.com/ArticleModule/L9KzKzRbQwKUHaM6KzHGONIi.html