vs Lion

Comatricha elegans compared with Panthera leo

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Lion is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Lion
Kingdom	Protozoa (原生動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Myxomycetes (変形菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Stemonitidales	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Stemonitidaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Comatricha	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Comatricha elegans	Panthera leo

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Lion

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~23.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Lion
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	2.5 m
Average Weight	—	190.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Lion

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Comatricha elegansは、胞子散布を助ける複雑な内部糸のネットワーク（毛細糸）を持つ細く柄のある円筒形の胞子囊を形成する繊細な変形菌です。世界中の湿った森林環境の腐朽木と樹皮に生育します。この種は優雅な子実体構造と汎世界的な分布で知られる変形菌のグループに属します。

Lion

アフリカ最大の野生ネコ科動物で最大250kgに達し、サハラ以南のサバンナや草原に生息する唯一の社会性ネコ科動物です。雄は象徴的なたてがみで識別されます。頂点捕食者として草食動物の個体群を調節し、生態系のバランスを維持します。生息地の喪失と人間との軋轢により危急種に分類されています。