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Check out these 10 awesome hybrid animals! Some are naturally occuring, while
others have been bred. Includes wonders like the Zebroid, Liger, Beefalo, Leopon
among others!
Zebroid = Zebra + Equine
A zebroid (also zebra mule and zebrule) is the offspring of any cross between a
zebra and any other equine: essentially, a zebra hybrid. In most cases, the sire
is a zebra stallion. Offspring of a donkey sire and zebra mare, called a zebra
hinny, do exist but are rare. Zebroids have been bred since the 19th century.The
zebroid showed in the picture above, Eclyse, is a very unusual one, because of
her coloring. With her über distinct makings, it's really hard not think she's a
Photoshop mock-up.
Liger = Lion + Tiger
The liger is a hybrid cross between a male Panthera leo (lion), and a female
Panthera tigris (Tiger) and is denoted scientifically as Panthera tigris ×
Panthera leo. A liger resembles a giant lion with diffused stripes. They are the
largest cats in the world, although the Siberian Tiger is the largest pure
sub-species. Like tigers, but unlike lions, ligers enjoy swimming. A similar
hybrid, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion is called a tigon.
Beefalo = Buffalo + Cow
What do you get when you cross a cow with a buffalo? The Beefalo!
Cama = Camel + Llama
This hybrid animal, the product of breeding a llama and a camel, has been the
only creature of this kind since her birth in 1995. Camas are humpless and have
the long fluffy coat of a llama. Their ears are half way in length between
camels and llamas, but they have the strong, desert-ready legs of a camel.
Leopon = Leopard + Lion
The Leopon is the result of breeding a male leopard with a female lion. The head
of the animal is similar to that of a lion while the rest of the body carries
similarities to leopards. The first documented leopon was bred at Kolhapur,
India in 1910
Savannah = Serval + Domestic Cat
The Savannah Cat is created by breeding an African Wild Cat, called a Serval and
a domestic cat, usually an exotic looking domestic cat such as a Bengal,
Oriental Shorthair, Egyptian Mau, or a Serengeti's. The offspring created by
this combination are large domestic.
Grizzly Polar = Polar Bear + Brown Bear
Also known as Grolar Bear, this bear hybrid is a rare ursid hybrid that has
occurred both in captivity and in the wild. In 2006, the occurrence of this
hybrid in nature was confirmed by testing the DNA of a strange-looking bear that
had been shot on Banks Island in the Canadian arctic.
A number of polar bear hybrids are described as Ursid hybrids, a term that
designates any hybrid of two species within the Ursidae family. Polar bear
hybrids with Grizzly bears have been reported and shot, but DNA techniques were
not available to verify the bears' ancestry.
Toast of Botswana = Sheep + Goat
An unusual case of a sheep-goat hybrid was reported by veterinarians in Botswana
in 2000, called the "Toast of Botswana". The animal was born naturally from the
mating of a female goat with a male sheep that were kept together.
The hybrid was intermediate between the two parent species in type. It had a
coarse outer coat, a woolly inner coat, long goat-like legs and a heavy
sheep-like body. Although infertile, the hybrid had a very active libido,
mounting both ewes and does when they were not in heat. This earned the hybrid
the name Bemya or rapist. He was castrated when he was 10 months old because he
was becoming a nuisance.
Blood parrot = Midas Cichild + Red Devil fish
The Blood parrot (also known as bloody parrot and blood parrotfish) is a hybrid
cichlid. The fish was first created in Taiwan in around 1986. Its parentage is
unknown, but the most commonly speculated pairings are midas cichlid with the
redhead cichlid. This hybrid cichlid has various anatomical deformities, one of
the most obvious, and also deadly, deformities is its mouth, which only has very
narrow vertical opening. This makes blood parrot very hard to feed. Many die
eventually because of this. Cichlid enthusiasts have called for their removal
from the market and organized boycotts against pet stores that sell them.
Hybrid Pheasant = Golden + Amherst Pheasant
The Golden Pheasant has commonly been crossed with the similar Lady Amherst's
Pheasant. The result is a hybrid with distinguished colors from its parents.
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