Zoology- xi d, Asian lion of India, 11 slides

Asian lion of India

1. Wild Asian Lion of India (Series: XI d) Tusar Kanti Ghosal M.Sc Ph.D Email: [email protected] Dated: 20.11.2018

2. lioness male and female Cub Lioness Asian lion Asian Lion of India

3. Common Name : Asian lion or Indian lion or Persian lion Scientific Name : Panthera leo Linn. 1758 Trinomial Name : Panthera leo leo Linn. 1758 Bengali Name : Singha Hindi : Sher , Untia bagh (Camel tiger) Gujarati : Sinh , Sawaj , Hawaj Asian Lion and its only habitat

4. Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chardata Class : Mammalia Order : Carnivora Suborder : Feliformia Family : Felidae Subfamily : Pantherinae Genus : Panthera Species : P. leo Subspecies : P. l. leo Synonyms P . l. persica  (Johann Nepomuk Meyer, 1826 ) P. l. asiaticus  ( Brehm , 1829 ) P. l. bengalensis  (Bennett, 1829 ) P. l. indica  ( Smee , 1833 ) P. l. goojratensis  (de Blainville , 1843) Scientific classification

5. IUCN Red List:  Endangered Panthera leo was included on CITES Appendix I , and is fully protected in India Endangered under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act (1972) of India. The Asiatic lion was first described 1826 by the Austrian zoologist Johann N. Meyer who named it  Felis leo persicus Distribution: it occurred in eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesoptamia and from east of the Indus river to Bengal and Narmada river in Central India.   Conservation status of Asian lion

6. King of the Jungle reigns. Asiatic lion can be only found in India. Gir Forest National Park, Gujarat, India is only habitat. Approximately 650 + Asiatic lions exist in the wild (in the last census of 2017). HABITAT

7. The Asiatic lion is one of the 5 big cat species found in India, apart from Bengal tiger , Indian leopard, Snow leopard and Clouded leopard . Indian leopard Panthera tigris tigris Neofelis nebulosa Panthera uncia

8. Sambar deer ( Rusa unicolor ), Chital ( Axis axis ), Chosingha ( Tetracerus quadricornis ), Chinkara ( Gazella bennetii ), Wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), Nilgai ( Boselaphus tragocamelus ), Porcurpine ( Hystrix indica ), Common langur ( Semnopithecus entellus ), Rufus tailed hare ( Lepus nigricollis ruficaudata ) and Peafowl ( Pavo cristatus ) Pray of Asiatic lion

9. Peafowl ( Pavo cristatus ) Chital (Axis axis ) Sambar deer ( Rusa unicolor ) Nilgai ( Boselaphus tragocamelus ) Pray of Asiatic lion

10. REFERENCES Kinnear , N. B. (1920). The past and present distribution of the lion in south eastern Asia..  Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 27: 34–39.   Pocock , R. I. (1939). Pantehera leo . The fauna of British India, including Ceylonand Burma . Mammalia – Volume I. London: Taylor and Francis Ltd. pp. 212–222. Dutta , A. K. (1976). "Occurrence of fossil lion and spotted hyena from Pleistocene deposits of Susunia , Bankura District, West Bengal".  Journal of the Geological Society of India . 17 (3): 386–391.   Kaushik , H. (2017). Lion population roars to 650 in Gujarat forests. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 August2017. Singh, A.P. (2017). "The Asiatic Lion ( Panthera leo persica ): 50 Years Journey for Conservation of an Endangered Carnivore and its Habitat in GIR Protected Area, Gujarat, India".  Indian Forester . 143 (10): 993–1003.

11. Dedicated to my sister in law Sushree Mitra ( Dasgupta ) Her contribution in the field of home science and Psychology will ever remain and inspire all who were associated with her. Entrance in the Earth: 1963 Heavenly abode: 20 th Nov.’18