---
title: "Leone"
description: "Panthera leo — Mammiferi. The lion is a large cat of the genus Panthera, currently ranging only in Sub-Saharan Africa and India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leone

> Panthera leo — Mammiferi. The lion is a large cat of the genus Panthera, currently ranging only in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.

- Scientific name: *Panthera leo*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 25121
- Wikidata: [Q140](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41964](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41964)

## Names

- en: Lion
- de: Löwe
- es: León
- fr: Lion
- it: Leone
- nl: Leeuw
- pt: Leão
- pl: Lew afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (6067), TZ (3979), KE (3881), BW (1721), NA (1105), UG (519), BJ (409), ZM (373), ZW (307), IN (290), NE (203), MW (161)

## Summary

The lion is a large cat of the genus Panthera, currently ranging only in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane that extends from the head to the shoulders and chest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion

## Photo

![Leone](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95286309

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lion?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).