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The tigon is a hybrid offspring of a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a female lion, or lioness (Panthera leo). [1] They exhibit visible characteristics from both parents: they can have both spots from the mother (lions carry genes for spots – lion cubs are spotted and some adults retain faint markings) and stripes from the father.
Elsa: The Lioness that Changed the World (2011); Shown in the US under the title Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story. Also to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the book a further documentary was produced which was a collaboration between BBC in the UK for their series Natural World and PBS for their series Nature. It uses extensive archive ...
A liger is the offspring between a male lion and a female tiger, which is larger than its parents because the lion has a growth maximizing gene and the tigress, unlike the lioness, has no growth inhibiting gene. [19] Tigon A tigon is the offspring of a female lion and a male tiger. [19] The tigon is not as common as the converse hybrid, the liger.
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph) with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being 93 and 98 km/h (58 and 61 mph)
Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg (pounds) Maximum weight kg (pounds) Length range (m) Maximum length (m) [a] Shoulder height (cm) Native range by continent(s)
Police confirm reported ‘mountain lion’ was indeed a house cat. The police shared an announcement on social media. They wrote, “We were able to confirm the Big Cat was not a mountain lion ...
Adolar, a lion in the pantomime comic Der Löwe Adolar by Becker-Kasch. [3] Battle Cat, in the Masters of the Universe franchise. Dr. Lion, the headmaster of the school in Jungle Jinks and its spin-off Dr. Lion's Boys, a British comic strip by Arthur White [4] and Mabel F. Taylor. [5] Dr. Lion, the doctor in Rupert Bear's stories. [6]
The lion population in West Africa is fragmented and isolated, comprising fewer than 250 mature individuals. [10] It is threatened by poaching and illegal trade of body parts. Lion body parts from Benin are smuggled to Niger, Nigeria, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Guinea, and from Burkina Faso to Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Guinea. [64]