African lion (Panthera leo) young male portrait hiding in the bush in Kruger National park, South Africa

panthera leo lion panthera leo natural reserve natural area shrub savanna mozambique adult male predator alone head lie down rest hide portrait profile shot carnivore diet botswana swaziland zimbabwe kruger national park look panthera endangered iucn) en biosphere reserve mpumalanga province national park transborder park cites appendix 2 gonarezhou national park game reserve february nobody great limpopo transfrontier park lions nature reserves nature reserve nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems shrub savannas shrub savannah shrub savannahs shrubby savanna shrubby savannah shrubby savannahs shrubby savannas adults males predators predatory single lonely only solo one lone heads going to bed lengthened stretched out lengthen lengthening bedtime stretching out stretch out go to bed laying down siestas resting siesta rested restful make the siesta making the siesta being lazy be lazy hidden hiding portraits profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals looked looking endangered species biosphere reserves vulnerable species east transvaal mpumalanga national parks sensitive natural areas transnational park transnational parks transborder parks transfrontier park transfrontier parks wildlife reserve with nobody big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment naturalness area savanna low formation southern africa africa stage of development individual predation relation between species species enumeration general morphology morphology organism posture behavior shot diet pattern limpopo province south africa felidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota threatened endangered species convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites zimbabwean protected areas zimbabwe)