Lions have two types of roar, scientists have found.
The newly identified sound is an “intermediary roar” that is deployed alongside the recognisable “full-throated roar” of [the predators](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lions).
Researchers from the University of Exeter used [artificial intelligence](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/artificial-intelligence) to analyse the roars of animals to determine if there was more than one kind of sound.
A total of 1,414 vocalisations were analysed during a two-month study in the Nyerere National Park in Tanzania, which used microphones hidden in trees.
Scientists also obtained more than 1,700 vocalisations from collars worn by five male lions living in the Zimbabwean Bubye Valley Conservancy (BVC).
They found the intermediary roar hidden between grunts and full-blooded roars, which was distinct enough to be classified as its own sound.
Machine learning methods were able to accurately identify the two roars 95 per cent of the time, data show.
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***The Telegraph reports:***
Lions have two types of roar, scientists have found.
The newly identified sound is an “intermediary roar” that is deployed alongside the recognisable “full-throated roar” of [the predators](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lions).
Researchers from the University of Exeter used [artificial intelligence](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/artificial-intelligence) to analyse the roars of animals to determine if there was more than one kind of sound.
A total of 1,414 vocalisations were analysed during a two-month study in the Nyerere National Park in Tanzania, which used microphones hidden in trees.
Scientists also obtained more than 1,700 vocalisations from collars worn by five male lions living in the Zimbabwean Bubye Valley Conservancy (BVC).
They found the intermediary roar hidden between grunts and full-blooded roars, which was distinct enough to be classified as its own sound.
Machine learning methods were able to accurately identify the two roars 95 per cent of the time, data show.
**Read more:** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/21/listen-lions-have-two-roars-scientists-discover/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/21/listen-lions-have-two-roars-scientists-discover/)