Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Famous Hybrid Animals

What's your favorite animal: lions or tigers? What's cooler: horses or zebras? Stop! Why choose one over the other when you can have both at the same time? We're talking about hybrid animals, animals of a same genus but different species producing offspring. Some of these animals you may already know, but others may surprise you.

Zebra + Equine= Zebroid


Lion + Tiger= Liger


Buffalo + Cow= Beefalo


Camel + Llama= Cama


Leopard + Lion = Leopon


Serval + Domestic Cat = Savannah


Donkey + Zebra = Donkra


African Serval + The Asian Leopard Cat + Domestic House Cat = Ashera


Polar Bear + Brown Bear = Grizzly Polar


Sheep + Goat = Toast of Botswana


Midas Cichild + Red Devil fish = Blood parrot



Golden + Amherst Pheasant = Hybrid Pheasant



Dog + Wolf = Wolf Dog


Domestic Tamworth Pig + Wild Boar = Iron Age Pig



Bottlenose Dolphin + False Killer Whale = Wolphin


Bengal Cat + Ocicat = Cheetoh


Yak + Domestic Cow = Dzo


Zebra + Horse = Zorse


Bengal Cat + Tabby Cat = Toyger


St. Bernard + Basset Hound = St. Basset Hound



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