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African lion

Species

African lion

Panthera leo

An apex predator profile focused on pride-range movement, territorial patrols, and seasonal roaming across open savanna.

Status: VulnerableRegion: Central Kalahari, Botswana13 tracked animals

Conservation pressure

Urgency: High

This species is still declining in key areas. Tracking exposes where habitat use is tightening and where conservation actions can still change outcomes.

Why this matters now

Lion movement surfaces where core territory, prey access, and human interface zones are tightening. Seeing those shifts in near real time helps identify conflict and conservation risk before it escalates.

What makes this species hard to track

Lions alternate between concentrated rest periods and long patrol or hunting movements, often at night. Tracking has to capture both territorial loops and sudden range extensions across open, low-cover terrain.

Habitat pressure

Arid savanna and semi-desert grassland with sparse woodland in southern Africa.

Immediate threats

Habitat fragmentation, prey decline, conflict with livestock systems, and pressure from expanding human land use.

How this tracker is different

  • Territorial route data shows how pride space changes across seasons and resource cycles.
  • Movement overlap can reveal pressure points near livestock and other human-use boundaries.
  • Repeated patrol loops create clear signals for long-term landscape and conflict planning.
Data source

African lions in Central Kalahari Botswana via Movebank

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