490 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Study of an African Lion (fore part), by Rowland Ward. 
The LION (Felis leo). 
Ambassa, Abyssinian. Leeuw, Cape Dutch. 
Asced, Arabic. Libbaka, Danakil. 
Imbubi, Tbubesi, Inyonyama, Nkango or Nkalamo, Chilala and 
Matonga, and Marhanganga, Chibisa. 
Swazi and Zulu. Shumba, Chila. 
Karamo, M’Kua. Simba, Swahili. 
Lendjandnék, Galla. Tau, Basuto and Bechuana. 
Libba, Somali. Tauw, Barotsi and Ngami. 
Zaki, Hausa. 
Any description of such a familiar animal as the lion (the only cat 
in which the male is furnished with a mane on the head and shoulders, 
and a tuft of long hair to the tip of the tail) would obviously be 
superfluous here. One of the points of interest attaching to the 
species is its wide distribution. Several local races are now recognised. 
Somali lions are smaller and greyer than those from either the Cape or 
Algeria, although their manes are often very fine ; and the Indian lion 
(F. leo gujratensis), distinguished by its small, straight, and tawny mane 
and pale tawny colour, is another race. Heights of 3 feet 34 and 3 feet 
