The White Lion, also known as the African White Lion and the Albino African Lion, is a variant of the Kruger lion. First spotted in South Africa in the last century, many white lions are now largely concentrated in protected areas. They are not a separate subspecies and are rare in wild lion populations. The white lion is similar to the white tiger, the golden tiger, and the snow tiger, and only the Kruger lion in the African lion will appear as the white lion, and only the Bengal tiger will appear as the white tiger, the golden tiger, and the snow tiger in the tiger.
White lions are white lions that mutate the color of their coat caused by a rare genetic mutation, and they are not lions with albinism. Some scientists have found that the white lion may be an ancient species, living in the Arctic and other cold, ice and snow covered wild environments, white is the more favorable protective color at that time. After biological evolution, the species gradually disappeared, but the gene for white coat color is still present in a small number of brownish-yellow African lions today.
Because the white lion is a genetically mutated offspring of the African lion, its living habits are basically the same. Individual size and degree of development are consistent; Male lions also have long manes as adults, while female lions also do not have long manes. The coat color of the white lion is mainly white, and some less pure white lions will have some light brown, and the eyes are light blue or amber. The normal African lion coat color is mostly brownish yellow and earth yellow, and the mane of adult male lions is mixed with black, and the eyes are yellow.
Statistics on the number of white lions in existence have not been definitive. The parents of the white lions first found in South Africa were common African lions. Today's white lion group is gradually formed through artificial breeding and breeding. But in the wild in South Africa, there are occasional reports of African lions giving birth to white lion pups. It is only because their coat color is more conspicuous in the wild environment and the concealment is poor, resulting in a low success rate of predation, so it is more difficult to survive in the wild.