Species
African lion
Panthera leo
An apex predator profile focused on pride-range movement, territorial patrols, and seasonal roaming across open savanna.
Conservation pressure
Urgency: HighThis species is still declining in key areas. Tracking exposes where habitat use is tightening and where conservation actions can still change outcomes.
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.
Arid savanna and semi-desert grassland with sparse woodland in southern Africa.
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.
African lions in Central Kalahari Botswana via Movebank
Featured animals and current arcs
Territory sentinel arc: Mosi is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Night-range rover arc: Zuberi is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Pride-boundary arc: Rafiki is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
All tracked animals
Ari is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Rafiki is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Imara is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Nuru is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Jabari is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Jengo is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Shujaa is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Simba is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Tau is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.
Zuberi is a tracked African lion whose movement reveals territorial patrols, pride-range dynamics, and seasonal habitat use.