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  2. Liger - Wikipedia

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    In addition, female ligers may also attain great size, weighing approximately 320 kg (705 lb) and reaching 3.05 m (10 ft) long on average, and are often fertile. In contrast, pumapards (hybrids between pumas and leopards) tend to exhibit dwarfism. Ligers are about the same size as the prehistoric Smilodon populator and American lion.

  3. Heterosis - Wikipedia

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    Heterosis, hybrid vigor, ... its height and general robustness, is positively correlated with the degree of dissimilarity in the gametes by whose union the organism ...

  4. Mule - Wikipedia

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    The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse.It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). [1] [2] The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two possible first-generation hybrids between them, the mule is easier to obtain and more common than the hinny, which is the offspring of a male horse ...

  5. Hybrid (biology) - Wikipedia

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    A mule is a sterile hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.Mules are smaller than horses but stronger than donkeys, making them useful as pack animals.. In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

  6. Wolfdog - Wikipedia

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    Hybrids in eastern Poland in the Wildlife Park Kadzidłowo. To the left: Parents: female wolf and male Gończy Polski ; right: parents: female wolf and male West Siberian Laika . There are a range of experts who believe that they can tell the difference between a wolf, a dog, and a wolfdog, but they have been proven to be incorrect when ...

  7. Tigon - Wikipedia

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    The rare, second-generation hybrid was called a litigon. Rudhrani produced seven litigons in her lifetime. Some of these reached impressive sizes - a litigon named Cubanacan weighed at least 363 kg (800 lb), stood 1.32 m (4 ft 4 in) at the shoulder, and was 3.5 m (11 ft) in total length.

  8. Cama (animal) - Wikipedia

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    A cama is a hybrid between a male dromedary camel and a female llama, and has been produced via artificial insemination at the Camel Reproduction Centre in Dubai. [1] The first cama was born on January 14, 1998.

  9. Hybrid tea rose - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid teas exhibit traits midway between their parents, being hardier than the often delicate tea roses, and with a better ability for repeat-flowering than the more robust hybrid perpetuals. Hybrid tea flowers are well-formed with large, high-centred buds, supported by long, straight and upright stems. Each flower can grow to 8–12.5 cm wide.