In prides the females do most of the hunting and cub rearing.Usually all the lioness in the pride are related and give birth at the same time.Only male lions have manes.The darker the lions mane the older he is.A male lion marks the territory of his pride by spraying urine on three trunks and bushes chasing other. Lion cubs are born in litters of one to six.Their average weight at birth is 1 to 2 kilograms.Lions are members of the cat family.Prides can be as small as 3 and as big as 40 animals.Lions once roamed in Africa,southern Europe and parts of Asia. Today their primary habitats are in arrica and about 300 live in the Gir forest in India.over200’00lions used to roam the Africam continent as recently as 1975. The latest survey has found that the number has declined to approx 23100 lions.




