How many species of lion are there?

Answer 1

Species: Panthera leo

Subspecies: †P. l. atrox - P. l. azandica - P. l. bleyenberghi - †P. l. europaea - P. l. krugeri- P. l. leo - †P. l. melanochaita - P. l. nubica - P. l. persica - P. l. senegalensis - †P. l. sinhaleyus

looks like 7 still in existence.

I believe there is one species of lion. There are a lot of different big cats, but only 1 called lion. Could be wrong but I don't think so.

Answer 2

Species: Panthera leo

Subspecies: †P. l. atrox - P. l. azandica - P. l. bleyenberghi - †P. l. europaea - P. l. krugeri- P. l. leo - †P. l. melanochaita - P. l. nubica - P. l. persica - P. l. senegalensis - †P. l. sinhaleyus

looks like 7 still in existence.

I believe there is one species of lion. There are a lot of different big cats, but only 1 called lion. Could be wrong but I don't think so.

Answer 3

There are 5 species of lion. The famous African (alive), the Asiatic (endangered), the Barbary (endangered), the Europeon Cave (extinct), and the North American (extinct)
There is only one species of lion, divided into seven living sub-species:

Asiatic Lion
Barbary Lion (Extinct in the wild, zoo specimens only)
West African Lion
Northeast Congo Lion
East African (Massai) Lion
Southwest Africa (Katanga) Lion
Southeast AFrican (Transvaal) Lion

Answer 4

There is a single species of lion - Panthera leo - but about 8 subspecies found in Africa and Asia:Barbary lion (P. l. leo)

Asiatic lion (P. l. persica)

West African lion (P. l. senegalensis)

Masai lion (P. l. nubica)

Congo lion (P. l. azandica)

Southwest African lion (P. l. bleyenberghi)

Transvaal lion (P. l. krugeri)

Ethiopian lion (P. l. roosevelti)

Answer 5

There is a single species of lion but a number of subspecies.

Answer 6

There is one species of lion, Panthera leo. However, there are different subspecies of lions, such as the African lion (Panthera leo leo) and the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica).