Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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In the Aberdares ranges of Kenya, natives have been familiar with the Marozi, commonly known as the "spotted lion". What's behind the sightings? Leopons? Mutant lions? Or is it a new species currently not recognized by the scientific community?

Books used:
Mystery Cats of the World Revisited – Karl Shuker, 2020. (Pages 133-141)

Online sources:
mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Aberdare-Range/forecasts/3994 Images used: Spotted

Lion artwork by William A. Rebsamen: cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/William_Rebsamen?file=Marozis%2C_William_Rebsamen.jpg

Meinertzhagen: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meinertzhagen_1922.jpg

Spotted Lion skin: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peau_de_Marozi.jpg

Spotted Lion book (2015 reprint): amazon.com/Spotted-Reprint-Kenneth-Gandar-Dower/dp/1616460717

Leopon taxidermies: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopon01.jpg


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