Lion (Panthera leo) close-up profile, Serengeti, Tanzania.

panthera leo lion (panthera leo) natural area bare savanna adult male head mane sit portrait profile shot serengeti national park panthera vulnerable (iucn) vu national park unesco's world heritage cites appendix 2 blue sky august nobody lions nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems grassy savannah bare savannas grass savannah grassy savanna bare savannah grass savanna grass savannas grassy savannas adults males heads manes seat siting portraits profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view serengeti vulnerable species national parks sensitive natural areas world heritage site blue skies good weather nice weather with nobody big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal naturalness area savanna low formation stage of development individual general morphology morphology organism morphology (zoology) posture behavior shot tanzania east africa 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 iucn red list of threatened species species environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment convention on international trade in endangered species of wild sky meteorological phenomenon meteorology science enumeration