LIONS

There are several types of lion. 

Let`s see some of them. Where do they live?

Barbary lion - Lives in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, is the nominate lion subspecies from North Africa. A number of animals in captivity are likely to be Barbary lions, particularly the 90 animals descended from the Moroccan Royal collection at Rabat Zoo.

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Asiatic lion - Genetic evidence suggests its ancestors split from the ancestors of sub-Saharan African lions between 203 and 74 thousand years ago.He lived in 

Southern Europe 

(Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia !!!)

West Asia 

(Armenia, Baluchistan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mesopotamia, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen )

South Asia

(Afganistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan)

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Addis Ababa lion - A newly discerned lion subspecies could exist in captivity in Ethiopia's  

capital city of Addis Ababa. Researchers compared the  variations

 over ten loci of fifteen lions in captivity with those of six different wild lion populations. 

They determined that these lions are genetically unique and presumably that "their wild source population is similarly unique." 

These lions—with males that have a distinctly dark and luxuriant mane seem to define a new subspecies perhaps native only to Ethiopia.