The Persian, Indian or Asian lion (Panthera leo persica) is a subspecies of the lion. The animals are only slightly smaller than the African lions and have a skin fold in the middle of the abdomen. The male lion's moons are also smaller. The family groups are also smaller, usually two related females with their young.
At the beginning of the era, the Persian lion lived in a more or less continuous habitat from Greece via Turkey and Syria to Iraq, Iran and from Pakistan to northern India. The numbers of this lion species declined enormously due to destruction of their habitat as well as pleasure hunting until only 15 lions remained around 1900. In recent years the number of copies has been increasing. In 2010 there were 411 Persian lions (cf. 359 in 2005, 327 in 2001). They all live in Gir Forest National Park in northwest India.
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