Masai Lion

The Masai Lion is a type of lion Friend that appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Masai Lion
マサイライオン
Character Data
AKA		East African lion
Romaji		Masai raion
Debut		Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Panthera leo nubica
Distribution		Eastern Africa
Diet		Carnivore
Avg. Lifespan		?
Read More		Masai lion
Conservation		?

Masai Lion

KF3

Nexon Game

Appearance

Masai Lion has yellow eyes and shoulder length, ruffled blonde hair with rounded lion ears and a lighter section tied upwards with a pair of orange baubles. She has a pale yellow fur collar, and wears a white shirt that has bright yellow plaid cuffs and a ribbon of the same design. She has a dark yellow sweater tied around her waist, and a light yellow lion's tail with a darker tip. Her long socks and knee high boots are both light yellow, with the boots having deeper yellow lace and toes.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role

In Real Life

The East African lion (Panthera leo nubica) is a lion population in East Africa. In this part of Africa, lions occur in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. However, they are regionally extinct in Djibouti, Egypt, and Eritrea. Lion populations in East African range countries declined since the turn of the century. Formerly, the East African lion was recognized as several distinct subspecies with the scientific names, such as Panthera leo massaica, P. l. hollisteri, and P. l. nyanzae. They were known as Masai lion, Somali lion, Abyssinian lion and Uganda lion, depending on the area where individuals had been captured for zoological collections. In 2016, IUCN Red List assessors had subsumed all African lion populations to Panthera leo leo. The subspecific status of lions in the Horn of Africa has not yet been fully resolved.

Lions usually hunt at night. Their prey includes antelopes, buffaloes, zebras, young elephants, rhinos, hippos, wild hogs, crocodiles and giraffes. But they also sometimes eat smaller prey like mice, birds, hares, lizards, and tortoises.