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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Panthera leo
Species recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Kissling et al, 2014, Angola Species List, Austria Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Canada Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Hungary Species List, India Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Libya Species List, Malawi Species List, Moldova Species List, Morocco Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Poland Species List, Romania Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Tanzania Species List, Uganda Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia PMS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, wikipedia SZL, Wildfinder (WWF), Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, and United States Species List
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Leo leo
Synonym according to NCBI
Felis imperialis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Felis leo
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Panthera leo persica
Synonym according to CITES

Common Names

English

African Lion preferred
Recognized by SI Wild and Wikidata Common Names
African lion
Recognized by admin
Asian lion
Recognized by admin
Liger
Recognized by admin
Asiatic Lion
Recognized by CITES
Indian Lion
Recognized by CITES
White lion
Recognized by Flickr BHL

Abkhazian

Алым preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Adyghe

Аслъан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Afrikaans

Leeu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Akan

Gyata preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Luani preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Amharic

አንበሳ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

أَسَدٌ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
لَيْثٌ
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Aragonese

Leyón preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Lión
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Առյուծ preferred
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Assamese

সিংহ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

lleón preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Avaric

ГъалбацӀ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Şir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bambara

Waraba preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bashkir

Арыҫлан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Lehoi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bavarian

Léwe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Löwe
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Леў (Lew) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

সিংহ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bosnian

lav preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Лъв (Lăv) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

ခြင်္သေ့ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Lleó preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Central Khmer

តោ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chechen

Лоьм preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
狮子 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Арăслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cornish

Lew preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Corsican

Lionu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Crimean Tatar

Arslan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Lav preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

lev preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dagbani

Gbuɣinli preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

indisk løve
Recognized by CITES
Løve preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dinka

Kör preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Leeuw preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin
Aziatische leeuw
Recognized by CITES

Esperanto

Leono preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Lõvi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ewe

Dzata preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Faroese

Leyva preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Aasianleijona
Recognized by CITES
Leijona preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Lion d'Afrique preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Lion d'Asie
Recognized by CITES
Lion
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

León
Recognized by admin
León-leoa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ლომი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Persischer Löwe
Recognized by CITES
Löwe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Λιοντάρι (Liondári) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Guarani

Leõ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Gujarati

સિંહ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Haitian; Haitian Creole

Lyon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hausa

Zaki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אריה preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hindi

siṅha) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
शेर
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

Oroszlán preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Ljón preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Igbo

Odúm preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Singa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ingush

Лом preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

leon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Leone preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin
Leone asiatico
Recognized by CITES

Japanese

ライオン preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin
ライオン (Raion) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Javanese

Singa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kabardian Circassian

Хьэщ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kabiyè

Tɔɔyʋʋ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kabyle

Izem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kalmyk

Арслң preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kannada

ಸಿಂಹ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kashmiri

پادَر سٕہہ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kashubian

Lew preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Арыстан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kinyarwanda

Intare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Арстан preferred
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Kongo

Nkosi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

사자 (saja) preferred
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Kurdish

Şêr preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lak

Аслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latin

Leo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Lauva preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ligurian

Lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Liew preferred
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Lingala

Nkosi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Liūtas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Low Saxon

Lööw preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lower Sorbian

law preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Léiw preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

Лав (lav) preferred
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Malagasy

Liona preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Singa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

സിംഹം (simham) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Maltese

Iljun preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Maori

Raiona preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marathi

सिंह
Recognized by admin
siṅha) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
शेर (Śēra)
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
सिंह (singh
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Meadow Mari

арыслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Min Dong

Săi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mingrelian

ნჯილო preferred
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Moksha

Орксофта preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mongolian

арслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Moroccan Arabic

سبع preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nahuatl

Cuāmiztli preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Náshdóítsoh bitsiijįʼ daditłʼooígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nepali

सिंह preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Lööw preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

ledjon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Løve preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Occitan (post 1500)

Leon preferred
Recognized by admin

Official Aramaic

ܐܪܝܐ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Old Church Slavonic

Львъ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Oriya

ସିଂହ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Oromo

Leenca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ossetian; Ossetic

цомахъ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

شیر (Šayr) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Picard

Lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

lew afrykański preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Leão preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Punjabi

ਬੱਬਰ ਸ਼ੇਰ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pushto; Pashto

زمری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Quechua

Liyun preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

lei
Recognized by admin
Leu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Romansh

Liun preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Rundi

Intare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Лев (Lev) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Rusyn

Лев preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sakha

Хахай preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sanskrit

सिंहः पशुः preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Santali

ᱡᱟᱴᱟᱠᱩᱞ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sardinian

Lioni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scots

lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scottish Gaelic

leòmhann preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

лав preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

lav preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shan

သၢင်ႇသီႈ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shona

Shumba preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sicilian

liuni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sindhi

ببر شينهن preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sinhalese

සිංහයා preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

lev púšťový preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Somali

Libaax preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sotho, Southern

Tau preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

León asiático
Recognized by CITES
León indostánico
Recognized by CITES
León preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Lev preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sundanese

Singa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Simba preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

Swati

Libubesi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

asiatiskt lejon
Recognized by CITES
indiskt lejon
Recognized by CITES
lejon
Recognized by CITES
Lejon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tajik

Шер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

சிங்கம் preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tatar

арыслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Telugu

సింహం preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

สิงโต preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tibetan

སེང་གེ། preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tigrinya

ኣንበሳ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tumbuka

Nkhalamu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Aslan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkmen

Ýolbars preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Udmurt

Арыслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uighur; Uyghur

شىر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Лев (Lev) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

Agrzam preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
A̱zaki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Katnajapü preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Krapol preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Liona preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Löwe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Lēo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Péhpe'énanóse'hame preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Singa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Tau preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
bõnyeega preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
bəghàbaŋāko preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
cinfo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
leeff preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
leijoon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
singo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
slùnà preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Арслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Аслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Առիւծ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
سبع preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ߖߊ߬ߘߊ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
सिंह preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ᏢᏓᏥ ᎤᏍᏆᎴᏂ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ꯅꯣꯡꯁꯥ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
𐌻𐌹𐍅𐌰/Liwa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Upper Sorbian

law preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Urdu

ببر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uzbek

Arslon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Venda

Ndau preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vepsian

lev preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Sư tử preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Walloon

liyon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Llew preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wolof

gaynde preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Xhosa

Ingonyama preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yiddish

לייב preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yoruba

Kìnìún preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zhuang; Chuang

Saeceij preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zulu

ibhubesi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سبع preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

آسلان preferred
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Bpy

নংসা preferred
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Bxr

Арсалан preferred
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Ckb

شێر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

De Ch

Löwe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Diq

Şêr preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Ca

Lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Gb

lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ext

León preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Gag

aslan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hak

Sṳ̂-é preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hif

Ser preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ksh

Löhv preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lld

Lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ltg

Ļovs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lzh

preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mo

Leu preferred
Recognized by admin

Mrj

Арыслан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mzn

شیر (حیوون) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Sai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nds Nl

leeuw preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nrm

lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pms

Lion preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

ببر شیر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Leão
Recognized by admin
Leoa
Recognized by admin
leão preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sgs

Liūts preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr Ec

лав preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr El

lav preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Stq

Leeuwe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Szl

Lew preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tcy

ಸಿಮ್ಮ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vec

Leon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

lêeuw preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vro

Lõvi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

獅子 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

preferred
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Zh Hans

preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

preferred
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Zh Hk

preferred
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Zh Tw

preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae