Indian Lion

Japanese: インドライオン - いんどらいおん
Indian Lion

...Also known as the lion, it is called the king of beasts and is a powerful carnivore that ranks alongside the tiger in the cat family (illustration). It once inhabited most of Africa, from the Balkans and Arabian Peninsulas to central India, but due to competition with humans, its range gradually narrowed, becoming extinct in Greece around 100 BC, disappearing from the Cape in Africa in 1858, Natal in 1865, Algeria in 1891, Morocco and Iraq around 1920, and Iran around 1930. Currently, only about 180 Indian lions, a subspecies of the Indian lion P. l . persica , live in the Gir Forest on the Katiawar Peninsula in northwest India. In Africa, it is only found in the barren savannas south of the Sahara, and its population is estimated to be 200,000 or less.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Indian lion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…シシ(獅子)の別名をもち,〈百獣の王〉と呼ばれ,ネコ科ではトラと並ぶ強大な食肉類(イラスト)。かつてはバルカン半島,アラビア半島からインド中部までと,アフリカの大部分に分布したが,人間との競合で分布をしだいに狭め,前100年ころにはギリシアで滅び,1858年にアフリカのケープ,65年ナタール,91年アルジェリア,1920年ころモロッコやイラク,30年ころにはイランから姿を消し,現在ではアジアではインド北西部カティアーワール半島のギル森林に一亜種インドライオンP.l.persicaが180頭ほど生息するにすぎない。アフリカでもサハラ以南の荒れ地ぎみのサバンナにだけ分布し,生息数は20万頭かそれ以下と見積もられている。…

※「インドライオン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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