Asiatic Lion Cub (Panthera leo persica)

 

Asiatic lions are smaller and stockier and are not really lighter than African lions with shorter, thinner manes and they have a longer dark tuft at the end of the tail and thicker tufts of fur at their elbows. They also have a fold of skin which runs the length of their belly. Males are larger than females which don’t have manes. Their body coats are short and of a golden, tawny brown colour which is paler on their undersides.

What they eat

Deer, antelope, wild boar, buffalo.

How long they live

Up to 18 years

Biology 

Females are social and normally live in pairs, sometimes in two pairs. Males are usually solitary and only associate with females when they are in season or there has been a big kill.  Females reach sexual maturity at about four years old and will have a litter of up to six cubs, which can be dependent on their mothers for about 16 months.