Lion

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lion : a large heavily built social cat (Panthera leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (330 to 550 lb) for the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 400 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognizable feature of the species. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The species is an apex and keystone predator, although they scavenge when opportunities occur. Some lions have been known to hunt humans, although the species typically does not. — Wikipedia

Lion (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Lion (One Zoom)
Lion (WolframAlpha)

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Adventures

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Inspiration

GoPro VR: For the Love of Lions (GoPro, YouTube 360° Video)

Lion Cam (Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute)
Lion Cam (Reid Park Zoo)

Talks about Lions (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)

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Innovation

Science

Mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. Mammalogy has also been known as “mastology,” “theriology,” and “therology.” The major branches of mammalogy include natural history, taxonomy and systematics, anatomy and physiology, ethology, ecology, and management. — Wikipedia

Mammalogy (Encyclopædia Britannica)

The Science of Mammalogy (The American Society of Mammalogists)

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Preservation

History

Lions (World History Encyclopedia)

Library

DDC: 599.757 Lions (Library Thing)
Subject: Lions (Library Thing)

Subject: Lions (Open Library)

LCC: QL 737.C2 Lions (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Lions (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QL 737.C2 Lions (Library of Congress)
Subject: Lions (Library of Congress)

Subject: Lions (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

Occupation

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

News

Lions (EurekaAlert, American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Lions (bioRxiv: Preprint Server for Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Lions (JSTOR)
Lions (Science Daily)
Lions (Science News)
Lions (Phys.org)
Lions (NPR Archives)

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