Image #8 Lioness: Tanzania Africa

Female lions generally hunt in groups to capture large animals. Lionesses are meat-eating carnivores and the dominant predators on the land in all habitats. Although many carnivores live alone in pairs, female lions and their families spend most of their time in cooperative association with each other. Female lions form close-knit, long-term social groups. In females, these are called prides and average 4-6 related adults and their cubs. They occupy territories as large as the city of Los Angeles, passed down from one generation of lionesses to the next.

Resources: Clutton-Brock, Juliet; Kim Dennis-Byran; and Don W. Wilson. 2001. Carnivores. In Animal, edited by David Burnie and Don E. Wilson. 1 ed. New York: DK Publishing