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Summary
lion is a taxon[1]. lion ranks in the top 0.0046% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,665 views/month, #9 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- lion's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
- lion is classified at the rank of species[4].
- lion's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
- lion is classified within Panthera[6].
- Under binomial nomenclature, lion is Panthera leo[7].
- lion is a type of big cat[8].
- lion's Commons category is recorded as Panthera leo[9].
- lion's said to be the same as is recorded as karajishi[10].
- lion's Unicode character is recorded as 🦁[11].
- lion's temporal range start is recorded as Early Pleistocene[12].
- lion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lions[13].
- lion's Commons gallery is recorded as Panthera leo[14].
- lion's main food source is recorded as ungulate[15].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Stilophore lions in Ambo of the Cathedral[16].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Stilophore lions of San Prospero[17].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Lion at the Ponte de Mezo[18].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Bocca of Leone[19].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Dish with Lion[20].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Dish with Rampant Lions[21].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Lion heads gargoyles from the temple of Himera[22].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Protome of a lion[23].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions and Peacocks[24].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions and Peacocks[25].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions' Heads, Foliate Ornament and Kufic Letter L[26].
- lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions, Gazelles and Foliage[27].
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Classification
Under binomial nomenclature, lion is Panthera leo[7]. lion is classified at the rank of species[4]. lion belongs to the parent taxon Panthera[6].
Identifiers
lion's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9689[28]. lion's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328672[29]. lion's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219404[30]. lion's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183803[31].
Discovery and Description
Things named for lion include Lion[32], a film[33], directed by Garth Davis[34]; Pterois[35], a taxon[36]; Saitama Seibu Lions[37], a baseball team[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1949[40], headquartered in Tokorozawa[41]; Simba[42], an anthropomorphic lion[43]; Leo[44], a constellation[45]; shīsā[46], founded in 1689[47]; Liparidae[48], a taxon[49]; and Mac OS X Lion[50], an operating system[51], founded in 2011[52].
Why It Matters
lion ranks in the top 0.0046% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,665 views/month, #9 of 195,241).[2] lion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] lion is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for lion include Lion[32], a film[33], directed by Garth Davis[34]; Pterois[35], a taxon[36]; Saitama Seibu Lions[37], a baseball team[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1949[40], headquartered in Tokorozawa[41]; Simba[42], an anthropomorphic lion[43]; Leo[44], a constellation[45]; and shīsā[46], founded in 1689[47].