Panthera hybrid

There are a number of hybrids of Panthera species.

	Lion♀	Tiger♀	Jaguar♀	Leopard♀
Lion♂	Lion	Liger	Liguar	Liard
Tiger♂	Tigon	Tiger	Tiguar	Tigard
Jaguar♂	Jaglion		Jaguar	Jagulep
Leopard♂	Leopon	Leotig	Lepjag	Leopard

Dogula

A dogla is a supposedly a natural hybrid offspring of a tiger and a leopard or possibly a leopard with aberrant patterns.

Jaglion

A jaglion or jaguon is the offspring between a male jaguar and a female lion (lioness). There is an unverifable report of a lioness /black jaguar cross seen in Maui, Hawaii, in the company of an alleged tiger/black jaguar cross tiguar. The description of the supposed black jaglion matches that of a present-day lion. It was described as having a a short, thick black mane on its head and around its neck, extending around the ears and underneath the chin; and a puffy gray face. Its body was entirely dark tawny and the tail had a black tuft. Identification of a jaguar/lion hybrid is based on facial features.

Jagulep

A jagulep, or jagleop, is the hybrid of a jaguar and a leopardess. A single female rosetted, female jagulep was produced at a zoo in Chicago. The terms jagulep and lepjag are often used interchangeably regardless of which animal was the sire. Numerous lepjaps have been bred as animal actors as they are more tractable than jaguars.

When a jagulep or lepjag decide to cross breed with a lion, the offspring are referred to as lijaguleps, or once more commonly as a Congolese Spotted Lion.

Leopon

{{main|Leopon)) A leopon is the result of breeding a male leopard with a female lion, or lioness. The head of the animal is similar to that of a lion while the rest of the body carries similarities to leopards.

Leotig

A leotig is a hybrid of a male leopard and a tigress. There are many rumors of such offspring, but nothing proven.

Lepjag

A lepjag, or leguar, is the hybrid of a male leopard and a female jaguar. The terms jagulep and lepjag are often used interchangeably regardless of which animal was the sire. Numerous lepjaps have been bred as animal actors as they are more tractable than jaguars.

When a jagulep or lepjag decide to cross breed with a lion, the offspring are referred to as lijaguleps, or once more commonly as a Congolese Spotted Lion.

Liard

A liard or lipard is the supposed hybrid of a male lion with a leopardess. The size difference between a male lion and a leopardess makes the mating of the two difficult. Larger cubs due to the male lion's genes would make carrying or delivering the young near impossible.

Liger

Main article: Liger

A liger is the offspring between a male lion and a female tiger. It looks like a giant lion with diffused stripes.

Liguar

A liguar is a hybrid of a male lion and female jaguar. Such hybrids have been attempted but there are no confirmed results of such attempts.

Tigard

A tigard is the hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a leopardess. The only known attempts to mate the two have produced stillborns.

Tigon

Main article: Tigon

A tigon is the hybrid of a male tiger and a female lion. The tigon is not as common as the converse hybrid, the liger. Due to combining genetics, adult Tigons are smaller than adult lions and tigers.

External links

Sarah Hartwell, Hybrid Big Cats.