Survey - The Future of Big Cats

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Lions live in the Congo or have lived in the Congo at some point


Current Status

 
2012
Riggio et al. 2012
 
The Garamba-Bili Uere lion area of 115,671km2 is estimated to contain 175 lions and is considered part of the Central Africa region population.
Within the Eastern Africa region three lion populations are believed to exist.  The Greater Virunga lion area that also encompasses parts of Uganda contains an estimated 210 lions in an area of 5,583km2.  The Luama lion area of 5,197km2 and the Intombwe Massif lion area of 3,244km2 are each thought to contain less than 50 individuals.  
Riggio J, Jacobson A, Dollar L, Bauer H, Becker M, Dickman A, Funston P, Groom R, Henschel P, de Iongh H, Lichtenfeld L, Pimm S (2012) The size of savannah Africa: a lion's (Panthera leo) view.  Biodiversity Conservation Dec 12 DOI 10.1007/s10531-012-0381-4 (html)

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Congo Lion (Panthera leo azandica)

The Congo Lion is also known as the Northeast Congo Lion or the Uganda Lion. This subspecies can be found in the Congo River basin and look quite similar to the Masai lions. They are distributed over a small range and are under tremendous threat of extinction. Latest surveys conclude that the lion is already extinct in Rwanda.



They have also found a lion in Gabon for the first time in 20 years which most likely traveled the 250km trek from neighboring Republic of Congo.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/02/africa/gab...irst-lion/ Reply