Panthera leo
Löwe / Løve

Weight: Male 150–250 kg; Female 120–180 kg
Habitat: Typically on African savannahs.
Sexual maturity: 3–4 years
Gestation period: 100–116 days
Number of offspring: 1–6
Food: Carnivorous, primarily eating large prey such as zebras, gnus, oxen and antelopes, as well as an occasional giraffe.
Life expectancy: 16–20 years in the wild, up to 34 years in captivity.

Lions differ from all other felines by living in prides. The females dominate the pride, raise the cubs and hunt prey. The males are responsible for impregnating the females and protecting the pride from other males.
 
The females are closely related, because they have all born been in the pride and remain in the pride until death. The entire pride – comprising grandmothers, aunts, sisters, daughters and nieces – live within a territory whose size depends on the number of prey.
Normally, the pride’s adult males are not related to the lionesses. In reality, they are merely viewed as guests! Males mate with a pride's females and protect the pride for only 2–3 years.