Claim: A lion is a carnivore.
Evidence: The lion -LRB- Panthera leo -RRB- is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae.
The biological family Felidae is a lineage of carnivorans that includes the cats.
Cats are obligate carnivores , meaning they are dependent on nutrients in animal flesh for survival , and because of the large proportion of meat in their diet are sometimes referred to as hypercarnivores.