(Male lions, not strictly belonging to any pride ... Dark manes correlate with robustness, and dark-maned studs like C-Boy are preferred. C-Boy mates with a Kibumbu pride female.

Despite not living in dark caverns, this lion acquired its name from these discoveries. The American cave lion was depicted in cave paintings as lacking a mane or it being extremely uncommon, ...

4. The darker a lion’s mane, the older he is A good way to guess a male lion’s age is from inspecting the darkness of his mane (from a distance of course). The darker the mane, the older the lion.

The Park Warden told The Standard that the unique lion with a dark mane was well taken care of until when he ‘rested’. “He has been frail for the better part of the month. We called the KWS ...