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DescriptionLion distribution.png
Euskara: Lehoien banaketa: Berdez gaur egun, gorriz historikoki.
Suomi: Leijonan levinneisyys vanhalla ajalla.
English: Geographical distribution of lions. Red (and blue) shows areas historically inhabited, blue shows areas currently inhabited.
Italiano: Areale storico (in rosso) ed attuale (in blu).
The present distribution in Africa is based upon a map created by 'The African Lion Environmental Research Trust (ALERT) which can be viewed here. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/lion-reintroduction.html#cr. While I consider this a reliable source, I researched two countries in depth to verify this, Uganda and Namibia. The map is indeed correctly shaded in the National Parks where lions are present. However I did not include the 'Occasional' shaded areas as these are obviously much more ambiguous.
For the historic distribution, which will never be completely accurate, I used information here on Wikipedia with its own sources.
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