Q: Ancient Greek mythology and art depict lions. Did lions once live

in Greece?

 Larry Rideout, Boston

 Yes Lions have a huge  histotic range. Evidence has been found that asa far back as in theNeolitjic Africa,Southwest Asia, the Middle East and Southeast Europe (including present-day Greece). Of course today that range has been drastically reduced to fragmented populations throughout Africa and a very small extant population in India (around the area of the Gir Forest).

 Craig Saffoe, curator of large carnivotes

National Zoo and Conservation Bilogy Institute