Inside Gir Forest National Park, lions predominantly kill chital ("Axis axis"), sambar deer, nilgai, cattle ("Bos taurus"), domestic water buffalo ("Bubalus bubalis"), and less frequently wild boar. They most commonly kill chital, which weighs only around . They prey on sambar deer when the latter descend from the hills during summer. Outside the protected area where wild prey species do not occur, lions prey on water buffalo and cattle, and rarely on dromedary ("Camelus dromedarius"). They generally kill most prey less than away from water bodies, charge prey from close range and drag carcasses into dense cover.