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than that of the latter, and in the fact of the black 

 mane, sometimes seen in African lions, never appear- 

 ing in the case of their Indian cousins. 



There seems to be no reason for believing that 

 the lions of India and of Africa belong to different 

 species, the slight diversity between them being 

 easily and satisfactorily accounted for by the 

 difference in the nature of their haunts in the two 

 countries. 



Sterndale gives the length of the lion as 8|- to 

 9^ feet ; and Mr. Selous records the length of two 

 lions shot by him in Africa, and measured between 

 uprights, as 9 feet 1 1 inches and 9 feet i inch 

 respectively. 



It is sad to reflect that in a few years the lion 

 will be as extinct in India as is the wolf in England, 

 but it is indisputable. 



The vernacular names for the lion are 



Hindustani Sher, Singh, Sher-babbar. 

 In Guzerat and Cutch Oontia-bagh. 



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