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Photo of the Day #211: Lioness

By laelaps on May 7, 2008.

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A lioness (Panthera leo), photographed last year at the Philadelphia Zoo. She is a representative of the "white lions" found in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve and Kruger National Park in South Africa.


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Having lived in Florida, I knew all about the white tigers at Busch Gardens, but I haven't heard of white lions before. Very cool.