INDIAN LIONS.
SPECIES NOW RARE. A pair of Indian lions have been presented to the London Zoo by H. H. Nawab Sahib of Junagadh, says the “Sunday Observer.” The animals come, from Kathiawar, a province in north-west India, and their acquisition is an event of note, since, although tho lion was formerly common in central and north-west India, it is now a rare, and Kathiawar is its last stronghold. Only ninety specimens are believed to exist “in the wild.” The present, examples refute the once general belief that Indian lions were nianoless. The male lias a tliin, but appreciable mane, and both animals, like all Indian lions, exhibit traces of cublike blotches, on flanks and shoulders. Tho lion’s gradual decrease in India has long been the subject for speculation, one theory being that competition with the bolder and more resourceful tiger led to a steady restriction of its boundaries.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 275, 2 September 1939, Page 9
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