Primates and Predator Interactions

[brotherbear]

My mistake was in thinking that the "Congo" is the low-land jungle basin. Everything that I had ever read of the Congo talked about this particular habitat. I had no idea that the Congo includes the high plateau with grasslands and a drier forest. However, I was correct that lions have never conquered the true jungle environment. I still disagree with pckts that a tiger would be unable to do so, although introducing tigers would probably the a terrible idea for the natural wildlife of the Congo's jungle basin. 
Pckts asked: "If the lion had successfully conquered this habitat, the African Congo would have more lions than the African savanna."

How do you come up with this? I was referring to before the advance of heavy human populations and destruction. I mentioned that lions have been around since the late Pleistocene and, had they adapted to the Congo ( all of the Congo including the low-land jungle ) they would have been safer from human hunters. But, evidently, lions are not well suited for forest life.  Reply