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05-22-2018, 06:14 AM( This post was last modified: 05-23-2018, 05:37 AM by Rishi )
Unlike tigers, the Asiatic lion don't have stripes (obviously), making camera-trapped counting inconvenient. But they're much easier to find & more importantly, observe...
Thus their census consists of them being visually noted & identified by the trackers assigned to a particular pride/beat.
Distinguishing features like scars & other identification marks are taken down in data-sheets like this...