Saturday, June 30, 2018

This is a leopon: a hybrid resulting from the crossing of a male leopard with a lioness. Originally bred in India during 1910 when leopard fur was popular. Hybrid offspring proved to be sterile, but interestingly male leopons can successfully...

This is a leopon: a hybrid resulting from the crossing of a male leopard with a lioness. Originally bred in India during 1910 when leopard fur was popular. Hybrid offspring proved to be sterile, but interestingly male leopons can successfully impregnate female liguars. The last of the leopons died in 1985, but a leopon skin and skull still remain at the British Museum donated between 1920-1940 from an animal bred at Kolhapur Zoo, India. Via xil3h.

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