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Beautiful Lions I took this picture of the Lions in September at the National Zoo in Washington DC.  It was so hot that day, you can see them panting. Lion,Panthera leo,cat,lion,washington dc,zoo Click/tap to enlarge

Beautiful Lions

I took this picture of the Lions in September at the National Zoo in Washington DC. It was so hot that day, you can see them panting.

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The lion is one of the five big cats in the genus "Panthera" and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies found in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Oct 16, 2012.