Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Ligers & Zonkeys

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Posted by Nate Lehrke (Member # 1460) on 05-06-2004, 03:54 AM:

I just found out that these animals exist. Also, I was hearing about a human-monkey born. (Not really believing that tho) I want a Liger!

A liger is the result of breeding a male lion with a female tiger. It has stripes and spots. The spots are inherited from the lion parent even though adult lions do not appear to be spotted.
The liger is a hybrid cat that inherits most of the strengths of both parent species and is larger than either. If you haven't seen a liger before, come visit Hobbs to get a look at the biggest cat you are ever likely to have seen. By way of size comparison, male Siberian tigers (the largest non-extinct naturally occurring member of the cat family, Felidea) average between 400 and 600 pounds. SOURCE

Crossing a male ass (donkey — Equus asinus) and a horse (Equus caballus) produces a mule (the reverse is called a hinny). Hybrids between zebras and horses (zorse) and zebras and donkeys (zeedonk, zonkey, zebrass) also readily occur.

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 05-06-2004, 06:02 AM:

There are also Tigons (father Tiger,mother lioness) and many other variations like Pumapards and Leopons

Hybrid cats