Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) was a large carnivorous quadrupedal mammal native to Earth.

When Spock tried to match the sound of the Whale Probe to the sound of an Earth animal aboard the Klingon Bird-of-Prey , a lion was one of the animals shown on a computer screen. ()

In Q's recreation of a World War III courtroom, his throne featured six lion head sculptures. ()

The constellation "" was named for its shape resembling a lion. ()

Speaking of his unwillingness to sell his bookstore to make way for the Millennium Gate in 2000, Henry Janeway told Shannon O'Donnel that everyone he knew was ready to feed him to the lions, were they in Roman times. ()

The holographic program "Leonardo da Vinci's workshop" aboard the  featured heads of lions as sculptures on the walls. ()

Large lion statues were part of Nelson's Column in an alternate reality London. ()

In 2381, Commander Jack Ransom gained god-like superpowers after exposure to strange energy, and said that, compared to Gary Mitchell's similar experience, "Gary Mitchell was an ant, and I am a lion!" (LD: "Strange Energies")

See also 
 Le Coeur de Lion
 Montana Lions
 Mountain lion

Appendices

Background information 
The scientific name of the lion as shown on the computer on the Bounty is incorrect. The actual scientific name of the lion is Panthera leo, whereas Vulpes velox stands for the . The second image shown of the Vulpes velox was of a crab.

In the final draft script of , symbolic lions were mentioned, as a stage direction likened a gang of Onlies surrounding James T. Kirk in a classroom to "too many" lions surrounding a lion tamer in a cage.

In the final revised draft script of the next-produced episode, , Anton Karidian was referred to as having a "head like a lion's, proud and aloof."

In the final draft script of , William T. Riker mentioned that Deanna Troi was once thrown to the lions in a holodeck promotion ceremony set in ancient Rome (though that line of dialogue wasn't in the first draft of that screenplay).

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