Marozi

Panthera leo maculatus

Marozi

“ The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. ”

– Saint Augustine

Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Clade: Synapsida

Class: Mammalia

Order: Feliforma

Family: Felidae

Genius: Panthera

Species: Panthera leo

Subspecies: Panthera leo maculatus

Descendant: Lion

Named by: Reginald Innes Pocock

Year Published: 1937

Size: 90 m tall in height; 1.8 m (6 ft 11 in) in length; 130 kg kg in weight

Lifespan: 8 to 16 years

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Pantheon: Kikuyu

Time Period: Holocene

Alignment: Neutral

Threat Level: ★★★★★★

Diet: Omnivorous

Elements: Air, leaf

Inflicts: Aired, Sundered, impaled, bleeding

Weaknesses: Fire, air, earth, electric, ice, light, poison

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List

Marozi (Panthera leo maculatus) or Spotted Lion, is variously claimed by zoologists to be a distinct race of the lion adapted for a montane rather than savanna-dwelling existence, a rare natural hybrid of a leopard and lion, or an adult lion that retained its childhood spots.

Etymology

Marozi, from Kikuyu tribes, means "spotted lion" because of natural spots in the skin of the lion.

Physical Appearance

It is believed to have been smaller than a lion, but slightly larger in size than a leopard and lacking any distinguishable mane. It has been reported in the wild and the skin of a specimen exists, but it has yet to be confirmed as either a separate species or subspecies.

Abilities

It was also cunning. The Marozi would lure warriors or livestock to his den or pride by kidnapping others that he could use as bait for the pride.

Ecology

They were believed to have been left by individuals that were tracking a herd of buffalo during a hunt, ruling out the possibility of the marozi being cubs. Dower also discovered that the natives had long differentiated the marozi from lions or leopards, which they referred to by different names.

Behavior

Marozi lions are strategic and cunning mammals that hunt any mammals or animals that live in this region, but run away from humans.

Distribution and Habitat

Marozi lions were found in all Africa and possibly unconfirmed in Asia like Saudi. Like normal lions, inhabits grasslands, savannas and shrublands.


Tamed

Alpha Marozi cannot be tamed when it is an adult stage. Only in cub one was notable exceptions. Can be tamed the abandoned kitten using any raw fish or milk.

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