Lions in West-Africa

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(01-22-2019, 12:45 AM)Lycaon Wrote: @Spalea 

I have seen photos of west african lions with only a few black hairs. 
The older depictions of them showed them with much bigger manes.

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Even in the past they were not shown to have black manes. I do believe it is a adaptation to the extreme heat in the Sahel.

They are closely related to the historical lions from Europe and Asia, also the famous Barbary lion.

This subspecies of lion was generally believed to have higher frequency to produce the black maned specimens than the more commonly known Sub-Saharan African lions. Reply