仓鸮 vs Lion

Tyto alba compared with Panthera leo

Key Differences

• 仓鸮 is Least Concern while Lion is Vulnerable.
• Lion is 380.0x heavier than 仓鸮.
• Lion lives longer (15 years vs 4 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	仓鸮	Lion
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Aves (鳥綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Strigiformes (鸮形目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Tytonidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Tyto	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Tyto alba	Panthera leo

Evolutionary Relationship

仓鸮 and Lion share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索动物门)

Conservation Status

仓鸮

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Lion

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~23.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	仓鸮	Lion
Diet	Carnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	4 years	15 years
Average Length	35 cm	2.5 m
Average Weight	500 g	190.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

仓鸮

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela). Population trends indicate a declining trajectory in parts of its range.

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.

仓鸮

仓鸮（Tyto alba）是地球上分布最广泛的猫头鹰种类，除南极洲外遍布各大洲，栖息于从热带雨林到温带农田的几乎所有生境类型。其心形脸盘可将声音汇集至非对称排列的耳部，使其能在完全黑暗中仅凭声音定位猎物。它们将猎物整个吞下，再将不可消化的骨骼和毛发压缩成食丸吐出，是农业中珍贵的鼠类防治帮手。

Lion

非洲最大的野生猫科动物，体重可达250公斤，是撒哈拉以南非洲稀树草原和草地中唯一营群居生活的猫科动物。雄狮以其标志性的鬃毛著称。作为顶级捕食者，狮子调节草食动物种群，维持生态系统平衡。因栖息地丧失和人兽冲突被列为易危物种。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador