New | Animal Hybrids

Ligers: These are a cross of a male lion and female tiger, these are the largest of all living cars and felines.They are a massive size which could be a result of their imprinted genes which are not fully expressed in their parents, but they are however eft unchecked when the two different species mate. Some of the female ligers can grow to ten feet in length and weigh over 700 pounds. Ligers are distinct tigons which come from a female lion and a male tiger.

Zebroid: These are the offspring of a zebra and any other equine animal, usually a horse or a donkey. These are sometimes called zorses, zonkeys, zones and a host of other combinations. Zebroids are the most interesting example of hybrids bred this species and they have a radically different amount of chromosomes, for instance horses have 64 chromosomes and zebras have between 32 and 44 depending on what type.  

Grolar Bears: This is the offspring of a grizzly bear and a polar bear, a grolar bear is one beast you do not want to meet in the wild. Unlike some hybrids animals the grolar bear are known to occur naturally in the wild. Some experts predict that polar bears may be driven to breed with grizzly bears at an increased frequency due to global warming and that polar bears are being forced to move off their natural habitats on the ice.

Wholphins: A cross between a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Wholephins are hybrids that have been reported to actually exist in the wild. However there are currently two in captivity both in a sea life park in Hawaii. The wholphin's size, colour and shape are intermediate between the parents species. Even the number of their teeth is a mixture, a bottlenose has 88 teeth and a false killer whale has 44 teeth so a wholphin has 66 teeth.

Savannah Cats: These are given to their name from their offspring of a domestic cat and serval of medium sized large eared will African cats. This unusual cross became a popular breed at the end of the 20th century, and in 2001 the international cat association accepted as a new registered breed.

Image1:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/photogalleries/ligers_dynamite/images/primary/Liger4.jpg [10th November 2015]
Image 2: http://www.galopuje.pl/foto_news/zebroid.jpg [10th November 2015]
Image 3: http://media.mnn.com/assets/images/2010/04/grolar.jpg.638x0_q80_crop-smart.jpg [10th November 2015]
Image 4: http://static.ibnlive.in.com/pix/slideshow/05-2014/15-unusual-hybrid/wholphin-0105.jpg [10th November 2015]
Image 5: https://38.media.tumblr.com/73bdefb077249e9f1746c7f63cc0d4b7/tumblr_inline_nbnpikiFN81qkuotv.jpg [ 10th November 2015]
Internet: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/11-amazing-hybrid-animals/related-photos [ 10th November 2015]