National animal of Liberia. Panthera Leo is the scientific name of Lion. It is also known as the Indian lion and Persian lion. Its historical range included Arabian Peninsula into Turkey, southern Europe, and northern India, and from east of the Indus River to Bengal and Narmada River in Central India.

 The national animal of Liberia, the Asiatic Lion is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because of its small population size. The five major areas that are judged as favorable for the preservation of the Asiatic Lion, which are Gir sanctuary, Mitiyala Sanctuary, Pania Sanctuary, Gir National Park and Girnar Sanctuary.

 The Lion is the most prestigious wild animal in the Liberia, which is the main cause to designate the Lion as the official national animal of Liberia. 

Liberia’s national animal, Lion, the “King of Jungle” is distinctive among cats as they live together in brawny social groups. The arrogance is made up of 5-15 allied females with cubs along single male. Male Asiatic Lions patrol a territory of around 100m² by marking trees and rocks with urine. They roar to notify off interlopers. In spite of their mammoth size, the male Asiatic Lions, in fact, do hunting as they are often slower and more easily seen than their female counterparts. Lion is the only cats, which make a group to live that called ‘prides’. It is a family unit, which may include maximum three males, twelve to fifteen females, and their young. 

The young males ultimately leave the pride and founding won pride while the female young naturally stay with the group as they age. Female lions are the pride’s main hunters while the males rarely participate in hunting. The Lions steal the prey those are hunted by the Hyenas or wild dogs. 

The female Lion gives birth to two to six cubs after a 3.5 month gestation period. Cubs weigh 1 to 2 kg. Eyes of the cubs are typically open by 15 days and can walk by 15 days and are able to run by 1 month of age. Mother Lion keep their cubs in hiding until they reach about 8 weeks of age. They are weaned between 7 and 10 months, on the other hand until they are at least 16 months old they have to depend upon the adults of the pride. 

Liberia’s national animal, Lion is tawny coats with white underneath parts. Tuft at the end of the tail is black, and manes are golden yellow, which turns to dark brown. Mane indicates males with their fitness. The development rates of the manes are generally controlled by testosterone.

![What is the National Animal of Netherlands.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaaSzL6aDG3fXPbFntAWSpv8HDVRd5Daqh9zYApaEqkrS/What%20is%20the%20National%20Animal%20of%20Netherlands.jpg) Cubs have brown spots on a grayish coat till to mature and its spots are remaining on the belly. The tongue is covered with tiny, sharp, backward-facing hooks; use it to function as a comb for preparing and scraping meat from bones. They have good eyesight, specialized teeth, flexible spine, powerful leg and jaw muscles, forelimbs with retractable claws. They rely on disguise and stalking during the hunt like all cats, Lions have very good speeding up but little endurance. It is important when hunting to get as close to the prey as possible before charging.