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The lion is very powerfully built with short fur which is grey/buff to a redish brown. The underside is sometime white, which is most commen with the females. The males have a mane of think, long fur that is from light brown to almost black in some. The mane covers the sides of the face, neck and sometimes as far down as to the abdomen. Fully grown, the lion can be 10 feet long in body length, this size only exceeded by the tiger.
The lion lives in a social group called a pride, which can be as large as 30 to 40 members. The majority of them are females and their young, with a small number of males. The pride's territory is fixed, which can vary depending on avalibility and distribution of prey. Some of the larger territories are up to 200 square miles, where the pride splits into smaller groups.
When a male has reached maturity, it will leave the pride to find another, where he must fight for the right to join. Usually older or injured males are forced out by the younger, stonger incoming males, who will also kill the offspring of the beaten male. This is to ensure survival for his own future cubs.
The lion was once found in India, the Middle East and Southern Asia, but now can be seen to be living in parts of eastern and southern Africa.
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