Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Rishi]

As far as the genetic variety of Asiatic lions is concerned, i admit of not having much knowledge of it...but, this much is evident, that they surely don't look alike.
What i can tell is, they have more than half-a-dozen different mane patterns that I personally can identify (not official)...but they work, you can take ANY asiatic lion & it WILL fit into one or the other. FEEL FREE TO GIVE IT A TRY!!! 

There are three common factors; 

1. There's no mane on forehead.
2. The mane clings to the body at the sides.
3. The mane is absent from upper shoulders.
   

The Normal
The most common one, typical start from back of forehead & continues till behind the shoulders along spine. 

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The Outcrop
"The Normal" with that growth on the head, some has two along the ears as well.

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The Fade
Thin mane without distinctive boundaries. At places top-of-head, side-of-neck the mane might shorten to almost disappear.

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The Adolescent
Makes even this battle scarred veteran look like a sub-adult.

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The Collar
Concentrated like a ruff along the neck & throat.

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The Phantom
There's mane where it should be, but half-inch-short-of-an-inch in length.

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The Bearded Horse
Horse-like mane behind neck, beard-like mane below throat.

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The Embarrassment
To see adult lions with any lesser mane you'd have to goto Tsavo.

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At cold European climate, the ones in captivity grow a lush mane which they don't in Singapore or Malayasian or Indian zoos, within only a generation!

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Only the survival of the gene matters.
As long as it's still out there, it might show itself later someday. 

Gir is very close to the sea & not very cold..
( https://www.yr.no/place/India/Gujarat/Sa...stics.html )
Winter temperatures of some forested hilly tracts in Rajasthan can reach as low a minimum as 0°C at times.
Only time will tell... Reply