Panthera leo
| CMS Instruments | CMS, African Carnivores Initiative |
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| IUCN Status | Vulnerable |
| Date of entry in Appendix II | 2017 |
| Countries | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Eswatini, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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| English | Lion |
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| French | Lion |
| Spanish | León |
| German | Löwe |
| Class | Mammalia |
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| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Felidae |
| Scientific name | Panthera leo |
| Author | Linnaeus 1758 |
| Standard reference | Wilson & Reeder 2005 |
| Synonyms | Felis leo |
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