nice job, but id try to add some flaws to it. like what's worse compaided to a lion. are they worse at fighting, or maybe some aspects of the subspecies hunting are like. Because of its smallness it can only hunt smaller animals, like warthogs, and their prides are usually smaller, because of this fact. It makes a more interesting kind of lion.
also more with the pride dynamics, are they the same as a normal lion, or are they not even close?
I'm not trying to hate, just a little constructive criticism. These things take a lot of thought you know?