Lion on the tree

A creature whose scientific name is Leontopithecus rosalia looks superficially lion but actually inside is just a gentle animal that should be called "Lion on the Tree".

Lions on this tree often live in small groups, moving quickly through branches to feed. The main food is fruits, insects, lizards, bird eggs and even small birds. When sleepy, go into the tree hole to sleep.

Looking like a lion-like appearance, Leontopithecus rosalia also has manes like male lions, beautiful yellow fur; hairless face, ears hidden under yellow fur; hands and feet long. A strange feature is that the fingers also have claws like claws, except for big thumbs with flat nails.

Breeding season from September to March next year. After being pregnant between 132 and 134 days, the mother gives birth to one or two young children, rarely giving birth to three children at the same time.

For real lions, male lions take on the care and protection of young lions from being prey to young meat hyenas. In the lion on the tree, the male lion is also on duty as a father to take care of the young, except for the time when the mother feeds them. When young children start to eat hard food, their parent lion also makes soft food by squeezing soft food with their fingers.

Young children begin to make branches and self-feed at 3 months. Adult males have a body length of about 0.5m; long tail about 0.4m; weighs about 0.7kg. The life of this lion is about 10 years on average.

The species Leontopithecus rosalia is facing the risk of extinction because of the loss of habitat in the wild, due to human destruction of their habitat. But this species is well nourished in many nature reserves. In the early 20th century, the number of lions on the trees in nature was severely reduced by being hunted massively to feed in the zoo. That's why they now have a chance to survive and avoid the risk of extinction.

In nature, the lion species on the tree is distributed mainly in the mountains of Brazil's coastal forests.