lion

Summary

lion is a taxon^[1]. lion ranks in the top 0.0046% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,442 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 topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lions^[12].
• lion's Commons gallery is recorded as Panthera leo^[13].
• lion's main food source is recorded as ungulate^[14].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Stilophore lions in Ambo of the Cathedral^[15].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Stilophore lions of San Prospero^[16].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Lion at the Ponte de Mezo^[17].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Bocca of Leone^[18].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Dish with Lion^[19].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Dish with Rampant Lions^[20].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Lion heads gargoyles from the temple of Himera^[21].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Protome of a lion^[22].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions and Peacocks^[23].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions and Peacocks^[24].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions' Heads, Foliate Ornament and Kufic Letter L^[25].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as Textile with Lions, Gazelles and Foliage^[26].
• lion's depicted by is recorded as lions of the Tomb of Clement XIII^[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 (23,442 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 44 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].