The Asiatic lion also known as the Indian lion,is a lion subspecies that exists as a single isolated population in India's Gujarat State. It is listed as Endangered by IUCN. The lion population has increased in Gir Forest National Park, more than doubling from a low of one hundred eighty(180) individuals in 1974 to a level of four hundred eleven(411) individuals consisting of ninety seven(97) adult males, one hundred sixty seven(167) adult females,seventy five( 75) sub-adults, and seventy seven(77) cubs as of April 2010.
The Asiatic lion was first described by the Austrian zoologist Johann N. Meyer under the trinomen Felis leo persicus. It is one of the five big cats found in India, apart from Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard. It formerly occurred in Persia, Mesopotamia, Baluchistan, from Sind in the west to Bengal in the east, and from Rampur and Rohilkund in the north to Nerbudda in the south.The indian lion differs from the African lion .
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