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Sexual Maturity: Male 5 years; Female 4 years.
Mating season: All year round.
Gestation period: 100-119 days.
Number of young: 1 to 6.
Birth interval: 18-26 months.
Typical diet: Deer, antelope, wild boar, buffalo.
Lifespan: 16-18 years (Khalaf-von Jaffa, 2006).

Historical Range:

The Historic and Present Distribution of the Lion (Panthera leo).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion#mediaviewer/File:Lion_distribution.png
Aristotle and Herodotus wrote that lions were found in the Balkans in the
middle of the first millennium B.C. When Xerxes advanced through Macedonia
in 480 B.C., several of his baggage camels were killed by lions. Lions are believed

Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 136 – April 2016