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A lion is a large [[cat]].
A lion is a large [[feline]]. Today restricted to Africa south of the [[Sahara]] and a small population in the Kathiawar peninsula of [[India]], historically lions were also found throughout the [[Middle East]], North Africa and in Southern Europe; hunting down the Nemean Lion was amongst the twelve labours of [[Hercules]].
Lions are unusual amongst felines for their social habits, typically living in small family groups called prides, and their [[sexual dimorphism]], the male lion being readily distinguished from the lioness by his mane.
Hunting in lion prides is typically done by the lionesses, often with some waiting in ambush while others drive prey in their direction. The male lions are generally the first to eat, though.
== Man-eating lions ==
Although isolated attacks by lions on humans are not uncommon, the development of habitual [[anthropophagy]] is rare in lions. However, in East Africa in 1898 a pride of man-eating lions devoured hundreds of railway workers constructing the Uganda Railway, severely disrupting progress on the line, before they were finally shot by J. H. Patterson.
== Lions in the Bible ==
== Lions in the Bible ==
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[[Category:Mammals]]