Lion

Lions are a species of villager in the. They are one of three types of large cat that appear in the franchise. They have small ears set high on their heads, broad rectangular noses, and also possess tufts of fur at the end of their tails, similar to the elephants, rhinoceross, and bovines. All lion villagers are male and all of them have manes.

There are nine lion villagers as of. There are four jock lions, two cranky lions, one lazy lion, and two smug lions, one of whom, Leopold, was previously a jock. Aziz and Jūbei have not reappeared since. Bud, Leopold and Rex are the only lions who are present in.

Trivia

 * Since Bud debuted in, lions are one of two villager species in to not have any villagers returning from . The other species with this distinction is the bull.
 * Of the lions available in and, all but Mott have the star sign Leo, which is represented by a lion.

Related species

 * Cat
 * Tiger
 * Panther