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Description
“ The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. ”– Saint AugustineDomain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera leo
Subspecies: Panthera leo maculatus
Descendant: Lion
Named by: Reginald Innes Pocock
Year Discovered: 1937
Other Names: Abasambo, bakanga, bung-bung, foulempou, ikimizi, ruturargo
Size: same as lion
Diet: Carnivorous
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU) - IUCN Red List
Marozi or in Kikuyu: spotted lion, is variously claimed by zoologists to be a distinct race of the lion adapted for a montane rather than savanna-dwelling existence, a rare natural hybrid of a leopard and lion, or an adult lion that retained its childhood spots.
Etymology
Marozi, from Kikuyu tribes means "spotted lion" because of natural spots in their skin of the lion.
Appearance
It is believed to have been smaller than a lion, but slightly larger in size than a leopard and lacking any distinguishable mane. It has been reported in the wild and the skin of a specimen exists, but it has yet to be confirmed as either a separate species or subspecies.
Distribution
Marozi lions was found in all Africa and possibly unconfirmed in Asia like Saudi.
- Movement Patterns: Not a Migrant
- Habitat System: Terrestrial life
- Habitat: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Desert
- Population: 23,000-39,000?
- Extant (resident): Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
- Possibly Extinct: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Rwanda; Togo
- Extinct: Algeria; Burundi; Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Gabon; Gambia; Lesotho; Libya; Mauritania; Morocco; Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Syria; Tunisia; Turkey; Western Sahara
Made by: IbisPaint
Date: April 13, 2021
Marozi - © Walt Disney Studios, National Geographic, Animal Planet, BBC
This drawing - © Ognimdo2002
