The Asiatic lions are smaller than the African lion and also possess a clear belly fold that differentiates them from the others. They once lived in both the Middle East and India but now share ...

since the death of its last lion, Jimmy, in 2014. Jimmy, a 16-year-old African-Asiatic hybrid lion, passed away in 2014 after a prolonged illness. Born at the Byculla zoo in 1998 to African lion ...

The last lion at Byculla zoo, Jimmy, a 16-year-old African-Asiatic hybrid lioness, died in 2014. She was born at the zoo on March 28, 1998, to African lion Amar and Asiatic lioness Anita.

Asiatic lions are a rare subspecies found only in India, smaller than their African cousins but equally majestic, with a distinct fold of skin on their belly and a shorter, less dense mane.