Classification of

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Classification of The Lion

• Completed by Kerryn Swann, 7E

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Characteristics Of The Lion
Diet Carnivorous (eats meat)
Outer Covering Fur
Habitat African Savannah (hot and dry)
Warm/cold blooded Warm
Size Largeish adult male weighs between 150 to 250 kg (330-550 lb)
Colour Yellow/brown
Reproductive information Gives birth to live young after 110 days. feed young milk from mammary glands
Click here to here me roar!
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Other Animals That Share These Characteristics

• Diet
• Dogs
• Outer Covering
• Rats
• Habitat
• Elephants
• Warm blooded
• birds

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Other Animals That Share These Characteristics

• Size
• Bears
• Colour
• Taipan
• Reproductive information
• House cats

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Classification Of The Lion

• Kingdom
• Anamalia
• I know that it fits in this kingdom because it is
  a complex organism (has many cells) that moves
  around and cannot make its own food
• Phylum
• Chordata
• I know that it fits this phylum because it has a
  backbone

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Classification Of The Lion

• Class
• Mammalia
• I know that it belong to the mammal class because
  it has fur, is warm blooded and, most
  importantly, feeds its young milk
• Order
• Carnivora
• I know that it belongs to this order because it
  is carnivorous

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Classification Of The Lion

• Family
• Felidae
• I know that it fits into this family because it
  is a feline and has retractable claws,
• Genus
• Pantera
• I know that it fits into this genus because most
  of the big cats do
• Species
• Leo
• I know that this is its species name because I
  found it on the internet at http//home.concepts-i
  ct.nl/rlion/lkindex.htmkindex

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Useful Characteristics For This Classification

• The characteristics I found most useful were
• Outer covering
• This helped me to determine that the lion was a
  mammal
• Diet
• With this animal, its diet enabled me to
  recognise that it belonged to the order Carnivora
• Reproductive strategies
• This characteristic enabled me to classify it as
  a eutherian (as opposed to marsupial or montreme)
  mammal

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Works cited

• "" The Kingdom of Lions Lion's Press Agency. 21
  Jul. 2003 lthttp//home.concepts-ict.nl/rlion/lkin
  dex.htmkindexgt
• "Some clipart provided by www.GifArt.com
• "" lion research centre. 21 Jul. 2003
  http//www.lionresearch.org/
• lion cave painting graphic
• lion roar sound
• "Pantera leo" Cat Specialist Group The World
  Conservation Union. 21 Jul. 2003
  http//lynx.uio.no/catfolk/sp-accts.htm
• lion with cubs graphic
• lion pride at sleep graphic
• information about lion habitat
• gestation period
• Beckmann, Ludwig. "King of Beasts" Tim Stoffel's
  Homepage Tim Stoffel. 21 Jul. 2003
  http//www.lionlmb.org/lion.html
• Engraving graphic