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According to a good reliable source "http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html#count"
3. General vs. Specific
A, an, and the can all be used to indicate that a noun refers to the whole class to which individual countable nouns belong. This use of articles is called generic, from the Latin word meaning "class."
A tiger is a dangerous animal. (any individual tiger)
The tiger is a dangerous animal. (all tigers: tiger as a generic category)
The difference between the indefinite a and an and the generic a and an is that the former means any one member of a class while the latter means all of the members of a class.
The omission of articles also expresses a generic (or general) meaning:
no article with a plural noun: Tigers are dangerous animals. (all tigers)
no article with a noncountable noun: Anger is a destructive emotion. (any kind of anger)
From the above,
"A, an, and the can all be used to indicate that a noun refers to the whole class to which individual countable nouns belong."
"The difference between the indefinite "a and an" and the generic "a and an" is that the former means any one member of a class while the latter means all of the members of a class."
So I go with either "My favorite animal is a lion" or "My favorite animal is the lion".
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