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First off. Luxray isn't a lion its a lynx. I know the mane looks confusing and that it's prior forms look like it would be a lion but they are not. Feel free to look it up nothing confirms Shinx or any of it's evolutions to be a lion pokemon and many people like me argue that it's a lynx pokemon.
Shishiko isn't even based on a normal lion it's based on a Shishi/Foodog. A chinese myth.