where does one normally find lions?
Grasslands and savannas
Lion
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas, but is absent in dense forests.
what is the scientific name for a lion "Panthera leo"
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Lion [SEP] Introduction
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas, but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and North America, but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Lion populations are untenable outside designated protected areas.