What noise do lions make? Both male and female lions roar. They usually start off with a few long, deep roars followed by shorter, faster ones. Lions also make other noises. They meow, hiss and snarl, like domestic cats, but louder.

🦁Do all lions look the same? Male lions are much bigger than females and they have large manes, or hair, which covers their head and neck and stretches underneath to their belly. Lion cubs have light spots on their fur when they are born. These fade when they grow up and they help camouflage, or hide, them when they’re young.

🦁How many big cats are there? There are five types of big cat – tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard and snow leopard.

🦁How many types of lion are there? The main two types of lion are the African and the Asian but there are thought to be eight in total. Here’s a list:

Barbary lion
Asiatic lion
West African lion
Masai lion
Congo lion
Southwest African lion
Transvaal lion
Ethiopian lion.