Desert Lions

[Ngala]

We should define what we mean with "Desert Lions".

I think that the last strongholds of the pure "Desert Lions", is the west Kunene region (Skeleton Coast and Hobatere) in Namibia. Lions from Etosha seems not have the same morphologically charateristichs of the lions from the coast (in size, mane, etc.), but they are similar to the eastern population of Caprivi, that they are more similitudes with Kruger lions (with Kruger lions i mean Kruger-Limpopo, Hwange, Okavango Delta, etc.). Lions from Kgalagadi could have genetic influences of Kruger lions, if i remember correctly; lions from Kalahari was reintroduced directly with Etosha lions.

Lions from Kruger and Etosha have been used to populated many reserves in southern Africa, after they were extinct; one example is Pilanesberg NP.

In future, we also reorder the information on the lions of these regions. Reply