Adult Males nose to tail approximately 9 feet. The female is smaller. Live in prides.
Every pride stays within a specific territory, where food and water are plentiful year round.
Only the Asiatic lion from India's Gir Forest are endangered with less then 200. The African lion is plentiful - a survival rate is greatened since the inception of African wildlife preserves where lions are not to be hunted. A lion will avoid contact with humans unless tormented or sick. When provoked, this is a terrible foe to man. Mortality is high of lion cubs.