It is an animal of incredible beauty that lives on the

open plains of Asia and Africa. Despite their fierce

appearance are very social animals that usually
live in groups, which generally dominate females.
They are the ones who hunt and caring for
puppies, helping each other to take care of the
offspring. Also they are the ones who teach hunting
to small, so it is not surprising that the lion be
called the king of the jungle, because practically
the only work carried out is to protect the herd. The
roar of a lion can be heard from a distance of 8 km
and it is overwhelming.
The lion has the muscular body, long, relatively
short limbs and large heads. The male lion reaches
a length of between 1.7 and 2.5 m, not including
the tail measuring 90 cm to 1.05 m long; It
measured 1.23 m height of the withers and weighs
150 to 250 kg. The head and neck are covered by
a characteristic mane, although this can be
extended by the shoulders and belly. The hair
varies in color from black to light brown; healthy
and well-fed lions have longer and thicker manes.
Lion females are smaller than males and, like
them, the color of its fur is light brown, though
lacking hair. Both sexes have provided strong nails
and claws and jaws wide. The lion's roar can be
heard from 9 km away; usually it issued when the
lions go hunting at dusk, when hunting was
successful and dawn. In the open savannas where
they live, the lion just need to move a maximum of
8 km and spends two to three hours a day trying to
get food, and the remainder of the time resting and
sleeping. The lions do not hunt every day.
The main characteristics of the lion are: It is a
carnivorous and unmagnific animal hunter, since it
works in group to obtain its prey. Lions are felines
belonging to the genus Panthera. Another
characteristic of the lion is that his jaw is very
strong and has fangs of 8 centimeters, which
allows him to take large prey. Lions are the only
cats to have a clear sexual distinction. The males
have a mane that covers the head, neck and part
of the abdomen, while the females do not. Because
of this difference between males and females are
the females that are dedicated to hunt, since it is
possible to hide them more easily because the
mane betrays the male. The average weight of an
adult male lion is 180 kg and varies between 150
kg and 250 kg; The females weigh between 120
and 180 kilograms. These differences in weight are
mainly due to their habitat. A male lion measures
from head to tail between 1.70 m to 2.5 m, while
the length of females varies between 1.4 m and 1.7
m. From the cross to the ground a male can have
up to 1.20 m in height and females 1 m. Another
characteristic of the lions is that at the end of the
tail have a tuft of hairs, as if it were a brush. The
lion's mane is only present in males and is an
indicator of the animal's health, the more dense
and darker it is, the healthier it is. In freedom the
lions live between twelve and 15 years; In captivity
are longer lives reaching the age of 20 years. It is
capable of adapting to diverse climates, from the
cold Asian mountains to the tropical African plains.