This is probably due to having less prey availability within their habitats, unlike the higher prey densities that exist in their pride-living savanna cousins. The Barbary lion was believed to be ...

Genetic testing on the skulls revealed that they were pure-bred Barbary lions, Panthera leo leo. For centuries, the Tower of London was home to a royal menagerie of exotic animals, from polar bears to ...

Barbary lions were widely revered for their impressive size and dark-haired manes. They were kept by royal families in northern Africa, but the Romans also loved them just as much.

85-90% of the pride's hunting is done by female lions ... father of King Henry II of England when he was knighted in 1128. Barbary Lions were kept at the Tower of London from the 13th Century ...