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African lions are a genetically diverse population of lions in Africa which are recognised as being divided into two overlapping subspecies as of 2017:[1][2]
- The northern subspecies (Panthera leo leo), comprising lions in the northern portion of Africa, including West Africa, which are related to the Asiatic lion
- The southern subspecies (Panthera leo melanochaita), comprising lions in the southern portion of Africa, including Southeast Africa
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African lion | |
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Male East African lion at Masai Mara, Kenya | |
Southern African lioness and cub near Otjiwarongo, Namibia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. l. leo and melanochaita |
Trinomial name | |
Panthera leo leo and melanochaita (Linnaeus and CH. H. Smith 1758, 1842) | |
Roughly, the distribution of lions in Africa |
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The status of lions in the Horn of Africa or northern parts of East Africa is not fully resolved, due to the presence of both subspecies there, and lions in Central Africa have been grouped between the different subspecies by different genetic studies.[2][3] In addition, even the subspecies are not homogeneous,[1] being divided into different clades.[4]