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chrisco255
on July 29, 2019
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India tiger census shows rapid population growth
Don't lions more often inhabit savannas than jungles anyways?
Sharlin
on July 29, 2019
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Savanna and grassland, yes. Almost never heavily forested area.
z3phyr
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The Asiatic lions did inhabit Indian sub tropical forests not 200 years ago.
manishsharan
on July 29, 2019
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They still do. Check out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gir_National_Park
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z3phyr
on July 30, 2019
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Gir is semi-arid forest, but there was a time when lions lived in subtropical forests (that's what I wanted to say)
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