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Habitat and Distribution
Once distributed across most of North and
South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia,
lions are now found only in sub-Saharan
Africa, with a tiny relict population in
India.
Probably numbering less than
25,000, they are largely confined to
scattered parks and reserves, too isolated
to protect populations long term from disease, genetic
inbreeding and political instability. Lion
habitat ranges from severe desert to cold
montane forests, but most are found in
Africa`s grassland and thornscrub savannas.
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