Panthera leo

African Range States of the African Lion (Panthera leo), Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Leopard (Panthera pardus) and African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) met from 1 – 4 May in Uganda and agreed on a set of key priorities for the urgent conservation and sustainable management of these four carnivore species. The meeting was convened jointly by the Secretariats of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) under the African Carnivores Initiative (ACI).

29 Jun 2023
Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, African Carnivores Initiative
IUCN StatusVulnerable
Date of entry in Appendix II2017
Geographic range
Countries Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Eswatini, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Common names
EnglishLion
FrenchLion
SpanishLeón
GermanLöwe
Taxonomy
ClassMammalia
OrderCarnivora
FamilyFelidae
Scientific name Panthera leo
AuthorLinnaeus 1758
Standard referenceWilson & Reeder 2005
SynonymsFelis leo

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