Want to know what a group of lions is called? Lions live together in groups, resulting in the same behaviors. For example, they all feed on flesh, including elephants, zebras, monkeys, antelopes, rhinos, baboons, and more.
These cats are territorial and often selfish, ensuring that they live with other animal species harmoniously and in peace.
The lions are grouped into two categories: A pride and a coalition.
Pride of Lions
A pride of lions consists of both females and males, along with the cubs, which are the younger lions. Males stay within a pride from infancy to about three years when they are fully matured.
They then move to other prides where they have no blood ties and can easily mate with the lionesses. A pride typically ranges from 4 to 47 lions, usually having 3 to 4 males.
The strong bonds among lions are astounding, as they exhibit behaviors similar to humans with families. The father is the head of the family, the mother is the caretaker and responsible for giving birth, and the cubs complete the family.
The male lions lead the pride in a given territory, while the females hunt for prey, especially the Alpha huntress.
They also feed the cubs, and any cub is free to breastfeed from any lioness. Mothers are known to be fighters, and this is reflected in the female lions, who fight other lionesses that may attempt to encroach on their territory.
Coalition of Lions
A coalition of lions consists of only male lions who consider themselves as brothers, even though they are not blood-related.
The functions of these prides include:
- Demonstrating the lions’ strength as the kings of the jungle.
- Facilitating the capture of larger prey because a large number of lionesses can coordinate to hunt for the pride’s respective territories.
- Providing security to the territory.
These lions are found in zoos and national parks, such as Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
About Lions in Africa
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. This applies to lions, which are feared by both humans and other species in national parks and are considered dangerous mammals.
According to lion experts, lions are beautiful creatures with unique characteristics. They are mammals, implying that they give birth to babies belonging to the cat family. The young ones of lions are referred to as cubs and have spots on their bodies, which later disappear once they mature into lions or lionesses.
The astonishing thing is that these mammals live together in one territory, bonding as one family. They can stay in a certain area for decades. Usually, the female lionesses are very vigilant when it comes to protecting their territories against other lionesses from different areas to ensure they don’t take the attention of the lions.
This enlightens a saying that jealousy makes a man rage, and so they fight back if they get an intruder in the territory. The lionesses also have a quirky behavior of raising and taking care of the cubs together, where the cubs can lactate from any lioness of choice.
These female creatures are also primary hunters, with the alpha huntress called the huntress killing and serving the pride, including the male lions, even though they are the kings and superior gender. A pride is a family unit of 1-40 lionesses with 2-4 male lions.
The types of lions in different countries include:
- The Asiatic lion
- African lion (second-largest in the world)
- Katanga lion (mostly in Zaire, Angola, Namibia, Western Zimbabwe)
- Masai lion (mostly in areas of Northern Uganda, Southern Kenya, around Lake Manyara, and Mount Kilimanjaro)
- White lion (rare genetic offspring found in Timbavati and Kruger)
- Duba Plains lions (powerful lions)
- Barbary lions (largest)
- The Abyssinian (allegedly originating from southwestern Ethiopia and found in one small park in Addis Ababa)
