Lioness with blotchy underside?

• by BHamer

  Is this sleeping lioness displaying a common fur pattern? I've always thought of lions as having, if not the same color of fur all over, at least smooth gradations of color.

  There is, of course, the ever-present possibility that I've misinterpreted yet another photo.

  Posted February 19, 2015 9:40 PM

• by areinders moderator

  Lion is right. Young lions have more of a pattern, especially on the legs.

  Posted February 19, 2015 9:50 PM

• by BHamer

  Excellent, thanks. Yet one more wildlife fact I've learned from Snapshot Serengeti.

  Posted February 19, 2015 9:55 PM

• by DZM admin

  Love it when we can teach as well as learn! 😄

  Posted February 20, 2015 3:12 PM