It is a leucistic form of the desert lion. Cubs are born completely white, darkening with age.
In nature, white cubs are very visible prey, adults are very difficult to camouflage when hunting, and such rare individuals are still subject to poaching. It is also for this reason that it is assumed that it is possible to see white individuals only in captivity, where their manifestations and needs do not differ from classically colored individuals.
It is estimated that there are only a few dozen leucistic lions in the world, and even that mostly in captivity. They live most freely in the Kruger Park in Africa.
