The crossing of humans and animals is already a reality. The most famous animal hybrids Hybrids in nature

There are many stories about incredible mysterious creatures, and those who like to draw in Photoshop are creating more and more animals that have nothing to do with reality. But there is not an ounce of Photoshop in this collection., all these animals really exist. Most of them are bred by humans, and some are unique and the only ones in the world. Amazing sight!

1. Liger - a hybrid of a lion and a tiger

A liger is born of a tigress from a male lion. It is known that currently liger exists only in captivity, bred artificially. The photo shows huge liger Hercules, weighing 410 kilograms. And this is not the largest specimen: in 1973, a liger weighing 798 kilograms was recorded. Such a hybrid does not occur in nature, because felines such as the lion and the tiger, as a rule, live in different latitudes.

2. Tigrolev - a hybrid of a tiger and a lion

Tigger Lion was born by a lioness from a male tiger. It differs significantly in appearance from the liger and is also bred artificially. Tigers are much smaller than ligers and weigh on average 150 kilograms.

3. Zebroid – a hybrid of a zebra and a donkey

Zebroids are produced artificially. To breed this species, male zebras and female donkeys or other equines are used. Today there are officially 4 zebroids in the world.

4. Yaglev, yaglion or yaglonn – a hybrid of a jaguar and a lion

A very rare combination. These yagls are born of a lioness from a black jaguar. Male yagles have a short mane. In these photos there are two different cats named Tsunami and Jazara, bred in Canada.

5. Grolar – a hybrid of a polar bear and a grizzly bear

If crossed polar bear, living in Alaska, and grizzly bears, they can give fertile offspring. Such hybrids are bred not only in captivity; there have been recorded cases of meeting Grolar in wildlife.

6. Coywolf - a hybrid of a coyote and a wolf

The coywolf adopts the habits of both wolves and coyotes. In appearance it looks like a large coyote or red wolf. Interbreeding between coyotes can occur with any North American wolf species. This may be why coyotes are often difficult to distinguish from wolves.

7. Zedonk or zonk – a hybrid of a zebra and a donkey

This is a variation of the above zebroid.

8. Savannah - a hybrid of a domestic cat and an African serval

Representatives of this cat breed were artificially bred in the USA back in the 80s of the last century. Breeders tried to create a large cat with highly developed intellect. As a result, the savannah weighs 15 kg and by 3 years reaches 60 cm in length. It differs from others in some dog habits, for example, genuine devotion to the owner, wagging its tail and lack of fear of water.

9. Wolfin or killer whale - a hybrid of a small black killer whale and a dolphin of the genus Bottlenose dolphin

The black dolphin was bred in captivity by accidentally crossing a killer whale and a dolphin. From official sources, only one individual of this hybrid is currently known to exist.

10. Beefalo - a hydride of domestic cow and wild American bison

The purpose of creating beefalo was the desire to breed a type of cow that, like a bison, can live without shelter and even in winter get food from under the snow, while gaining impressive weight. The breeders succeeded, although the beefalo population has decreased significantly today.

11. Hinny – a hybrid of a horse and a donkey

A hinny is born of a donkey from a stallion. If you don't take into account the ears, a hinny is not much different from a donkey. It is smaller in size than a mule and less hardy. That is why few people have heard about hinnies.

12. Narluha - a hybrid of a narwhal and a beluga whale

This hybrid is very rare and little is known about it.

13. Kama or camelama - a hybrid of a camel and a llama

Kama is an artificially bred hybrid of a female llama and a male dromedary camel. The breed was bred in 1998 in Dubai with the goal of creating an animal with the endurance of a camel and rich hair like a llama. These animals are not found in nature.

14. Dzo – a hybrid of a cow and a wild yak

Bred in Mongolia and Tibet, they are prized for their meat and large quantity the milk they give. They are larger than cows and yaks.

15. Leopon - a hybrid of a leopard and a lion

Leopon was born to a lioness from a male leopard. This is one of the most beautiful animals ever created in captivity.

16. Mulard - a hybrid of mallard and musky duck

This is an interspecific hybrid that is obtained by crossing Muscovy duck drakes with a domestic Peking white duck. Female mulardas do not produce offspring.

17. Zubron – a hybrid of a cow and a bison

This hybrid is obtained by crossing a male European bison and an ordinary domestic cow. Zubron is a strong and disease-resistant cattle. A small herd of bison exists in a Polish national park.

18. Bazzle - a hybrid of a ram and a goat

These animals were first accidentally crossed in 2000, this happened in Botswana. Goats and rams were simply kept together.

Ligers, tigons, pizzlies... Ancient mythology Different cultures abound with strange hybrid creatures such as centaurs, harpies and sirens, and even today, graphic designers and Photoshop enthusiasts create modern hybrids by combining different types of animals.

However, the animal hybrids that we will discuss below are real, living creatures. They could have appeared by chance (when two similar species of animals are crossed) or were obtained through in vitro fertilization ("test tube") or somatic hybridization. In this list of 25 amazing animal hybrids, you will see all forms of hybrid creatures.

In addition to the hybrid animals themselves, their names are also very interesting, which, it must be said, depend on the gender and variety of the parents. For example, males usually give the first half of the species name, and females the second. Thus, an interspecific hybrid called "pisley" (polar bear + grizzly) was the result of crossing a male polar bear and a female grizzly, while a hybrid animal called "grolar" - on the contrary, was the result of crossing a male grizzly and a female polar bear . Considering the above, you can now understand how the liger (one of the most famous hybrid animals in the world) got its name, born from the crossing of a male lion and a female tiger.

Are you ready to learn about the coolest hybrid animals that exist? From yagles and coywolves to zebroids and wolffins, here are 25 amazing hybrid animals worth seeing:

25. Liger

Let's start the list with the most famous hybrid animal. Born as a cross between a male lion and a tigress, the liger can only exist in captivity, since the habitats of the parent species in the wild do not overlap. Ligers, which can weigh up to 400 kilograms, are the largest felines known to exist.

24. Tigon, or tiger lion (tigon)


Another cross between the two largest species cat family - tigon, which is a hybrid of a male tiger and a lioness. Not as common as reverse hybrids (ligers), tigons usually do not exceed the size of the parent species because they inherit growth-slowing genes from the female lioness. Tigons typically weigh about 180 kilograms.

23. Jaglev (Jaglion)


Yaglev is the result of crossing a male jaguar and a female lion. This mounted specimen is on display at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum in Hertfordshire, England. Yaglev has the powerful physique of a jaguar, and the color of his coat has adopted the characteristics of both species: the color of the coat, like that of a lion, and the brown rosettes, like that of a jaguar.

22. Savannah cat

One of the hybrids that form naturally in the wild, the Savannah is a cross between a serval (a medium-sized African wild cat) and a domestic cat. Savannahs are commonly compared to dogs for their loyalty. They can even be leash trained and taught to fetch killed game.

21. Bengal cat (domestic)


This breed was the result of selection of domestic cats, crossed, then backcrossed and backcrossed again with a hybrid of a Bengal cat and a domestic cat (backcrossing is a sexual crossing of a first generation hybrid with one of its parents). The goal was to create a strong, healthy and friendly cat with bright and contrasting colors. These cats typically have fur that is bright orange or light brown in color.

20. Coywolf


A coywolf is a hybrid of a coyote and a female three types North American canid families: gray, eastern or red wolf. Coyotes are closely related to eastern and red wolves, diverging from them in the development of the species only 150,000-300,000 years ago and developing side by side with them in North America.

19. Mule


Mules are born from the mating of a male donkey and a mare. Mules are more patient, resilient and hardy than horses, and also live longer than horses. They are considered less stubborn, faster and smarter than donkeys. Valued for their advanced packing ability, mules typically weigh 370-460 km.

18. Hinny (Hinny)


A reverse hybrid of a donkey and a horse, the hinny is the result of crossing a stallion and a donkey. Hinnies are much less common than mules, as they are inferior to them in endurance and performance. In addition, male hinnies are always infertile, while females are infertile in most cases.

17. Beefalo


Sometimes referred to as cattalo or American hybrid, beefalo is a hybrid livestock(mostly males) and American bison (mostly females). Beefalo is externally and genetically primarily similar to a domestic bull, only 3/8 adopting the genetics of the American bison.

16. Zebroid


Known by many other names such as zedonk, zorse, zebrul, zonkey and zemul, a zebroid is a cross between a zebra and any other member of the equine family (horse, donkey, etc.). Bred since the 19th century, zebroids have a physical resemblance to their non-zebra parent but are striped like zebras, although the stripes do not usually cover the animal's entire body.

15. Dzo


Dzo, also known as "hainak" or "hainyk", is a hybrid of yak and livestock. Technically, the word "zo" refers to male hybrids, while the word "zomo" is used to refer to females. Unlike the fertile dzomo, the dzo are sterile. Because these animals are the product of a hybrid genetic phenomenon called "heterosis" (increased viability of hybrids in subsequent generations), these animals are larger and tougher than yaks and livestock living in the same region.

14. Grolar


Grolar is a rare hybrid of a grizzly bear and a polar bear. Although the two species are genetically similar and often found in the same areas, they generally avoid each other and have different breeding habits. Grizzlies live and breed on land, while polar bears prefer to do this on the ice. Grolars can exist both in captivity and in the wild.

13. Kama


Cama is a cross between a male dromedary and a female llama, bred through artificial insemination at the Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai. The first kama was born on January 14, 1998. The purpose of the crossing was to create an animal that would be similar to a llama in its coat, but similar in size, strength and responsive disposition to a camel.

12. Wolfdog


Today, the Wolfdog (full name "Czechoslovakian Wolfdog") is a new, officially recognized breed of dog that arose as a result of an experiment conducted in 1955 in Czechoslovakia. Wolfdog is a hybrid of a German shepherd and a Carpathian wolf. The purpose of crossing species was to create a breed with the temperament, herd sense and trainability of the German Shepherd and the strength, physical structure and endurance of the wolf.

11. Wolfin, or orca dolphin (Wholphin)

Wolfin is an extremely rare hybrid of a male killer whale (black killer whale) and a female bottlenose dolphin. The first recorded wolfin was born in theme park Tokyo SeaWorld, but he died 200 days later. The first wolffin in the United States and the first to survive was a female named Kekaimalu, born in marine park Sea Life Park in Hawaii in 1985. Wolffins are reported to exist in the wild, but are extremely rare.

10. Narluha


The narluha is another very rare hybrid created by crossing the narwhal, a medium-sized mammal with a tusk, and the beluga whale, an Arctic and subarctic toothed whale from the narwhal family. Narlukhs are extremely rare, but in last years There is an interesting trend of increasing sightings of these hybrid animals in the North Atlantic.

9. Zubron


Zubrons, hybrids of domestic large cattle and bison are heavy and strong animals, males of which weigh up to 1.2 tons. The name "Zubron" was chosen from hundreds of proposals sent to the Polish weekly Przekroj during a competition organized in 1969. Male bison are sterile in the first generation, while females are fertile and can be bred to either species as a parent.

8. Red Parrot Cichlid (Blood parrot cichlid)


The Redhead Cichlid is a hybrid of a male Midas cichlid, endemic to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and a female Redhead Cichlid. Because the hybrid has various anatomical deformities, including a small, curved mouth that barely closes, making it difficult for the fish to feed, there is controversy about the morality of breeding these fish.

7. Mulard duck


Mulard (sometimes mullard) is a hybrid Muscovy duck And domestic duck Peking white breed. Raised commercially for meat and foie gras, mulards are hybrids not only between different species, but also between different genera. These hybrid ducks can be created by crossing a Muscovy duck drake and a Peking white duck, but in most cases they are produced through artificial insemination.

6. Sheep goat (Geep)


Sheep and goats are born as a result of crossing a ram with a goat or a goat with a sheep. Although the two species appear similar and can mate, they belong to different genera of the subfamily goat family bovids. Despite the widespread grazing of goats and sheep, hybrids are very rare, and the offspring of mating are usually stillborn.

5. Black-tip hybrid shark


The first shark hybrid was discovered in Australian waters just a few years ago. The result of crossing an Australian blacktip shark and a common blacktip shark, the hybrid has greater endurance and aggressiveness. Scientists speculate that the two species deliberately crossed to increase their endurance and adaptation skills.

4. Rhino hybrid


Interspecific hybridization has been confirmed between black and white rhinos. New research suggests that this is possible because the two species are separated from each other by geographic boundaries rather than genetic differences. Native to Africa, black rhinoceroses are classified as critically endangered, with one subspecies now considered extinct.

3. Giant red kangaroo (Red-grey kangaroo)


Kangaroo hybrids between similar types were bred by stocking males of one species with females of another to limit the choice of mating partner. To create a natural kangaroo hybrid, a baby of one species was placed in the pouch of a female of another species. The hybrid was created by mixing a large red kangaroo and a giant kangaroo.

2. Africanized bee, or killer bee (Killer bee)


Killer bees were created in an attempt to develop domesticated and more manageable bees. This was done by crossing the European honey bee and the African bee, but the offspring, which turned out to be more aggressive and more viable, were mistakenly released into the wild in 1957. Since then, Africanized bees have spread throughout South, Central and North America.

1. Hybrid iguana


A hybrid iguana is the result of the natural crossing of a male marine iguana with a female conolophus (or drushead). A marine iguana that lives exclusively on Galapagos Islands, has a unique ability among modern lizards to feed in water and generally spend most of its time in water, which makes it the only marine reptile that has survived to this day.

Animal world rich in its diversity. But people never tire of experimenting, creating some species. Sometimes this has a practical meaning, and sometimes people just want to get an unusual animal. Most often, human-created hybrids do not take root in the wild, but there are also counter examples. We have created many amazing new animals, and our story will be about the most unusual of them.

Zebroid. To create such an animal, zebras were crossed with horses or donkeys and ponies. The idea of ​​crossing related species appeared quite a long time ago; these hybrids first appeared in the 19th century. Usually the father is a zebra. Very rarely is a donkey the father. Zebroids have distinctive feature from zebras A hybrid is much more comfortable to ride. The new kind noticeably stands out due to its unusual coloring. Part of it may belong to a horse, and part to a zebra. The character of the new species is quite unpredictable and is more difficult to train. Also, zebroids are born quite sickly and underdeveloped; most of these animals live only a few days. And they are often deprived of the opportunity to have offspring.

Liger and tiger lion. These animals were born by crossing predatory felines. The liger has a lion father and a tigress mother. A tiger lion, on the contrary, is a cross between a male tiger and a lioness. Ligers are quite large; they are generally considered the largest cats in the world. They look like large lions, but with blurry stripes. But tigers suffer from their small size; they end up growing smaller than their parents. The liger Hercules lives in Miami, whose height is as much as 3 meters and weighs 544 kilograms. In the hybrid, the males are sterile. But their females sometimes have the opportunity to bear offspring. Ligers love to swim, like tigers, unlike lions.

Beefalo. This breed was bred to provide the best source of meat. To do this, scientists crossed a cow and American bison. Science also knows similar hybrids - bison, crosses between large livestock and yaks. New species are created so that they can inherit the better properties of their parents and produce more meat. Beefalo has a bright red color, which is important because it contains much less cholesterol than traditional beef. The truth is that most buyers are generally unaware of the existence of such a product. After all, you can only buy it in a few stores in Seattle. Beefalo breeders say that its meat also has a more delicate and subtle aroma and taste than beef.

Camelama. This animal is a hybrid of a llama and a camel. The camel was first born in 1995. Since the size of the animals does not allow them to mate in natural conditions, scientists were forced to resort to artificial insemination. The resulting hybrid has short ears and a long camel tail. But the camel has double hooves, its legs are very strong and quite long. But this is very important for long journeys through the deserts. The camel is a strong but small animal. In addition, it also lacks a hump, and its fur is fluffy, like that of a llama. Breeders have long tried to develop a new hybrid. It was possible to obtain it only by using a camel as a father and a llama as a mother.

Levopard. This animal was the result of crossing a lioness and a male leopard. The body resembles a leopard print, and there is a characteristic color. The spots are not black, but brown. But the head looks more like a lion's. The new hybrid is larger than a leopard. Leopard loves to climb trees and swim in water. The first documented mention of this animal was found in 1910 in India. The most successful experiments in breeding leopard were carried out in Japan. The lioness Sonoko gave birth to two cubs from the leopard Kaneo in 1959, and three years later three more. The male hybrids were infertile, the last of them died in 1985. But one of the females was able to give birth to offspring from a hybrid of a lion and a jaguar.

Servacott. This hybrid is often called a savannah cat. It was created by crossing an ordinary domestic cat and a wild African serval cat with a spotted color. And in order to get the most beautiful individuals they use different breeds cats. It could be Bengal, Serengeti, Egyptian Mau or Oriental Shorthair. The Serengeti breed itself was recently created by crossing the Bengal and Oriental breeds. She is named after national park in northern Tanzania, Africa. This is where the serval lives. In 2001, the Savannah cat was officially recognized as a new breed by the International Cat Association. Servakot turned out to be a beautiful and strong animal. It is much friendlier than regular house cats. Cervacottas are believed to be as loyal as dogs. They are taught to walk on a leash, fetch a thrown stick or even shot game. According to standards, servacotta must have black or brown spots, silver or black. Typically these animals have high erect ears, a long thin neck and head, and a short tail. The servacot's eyes are blue in childhood and green in childhood. adult life. These cats weigh from 6 to 14 kilograms. They are not cheap, as for pets - from $600 and above.

Polar grizzly. This hybrid was created by crossing a white polar bear and a grizzly bear. Surprisingly, genetic relatedness does not result in these species interbreeding in the wild. They simply avoid each other, occupying different ecological niches. The grizzly prefers to live and breed on the ground, but polar bear loved water and ice. However, in 2006, in the Canadian part of the Arctic, a strange bear was discovered on Banks Island. The study of his DNA allowed him to be declared a polar grizzly bear, born in natural conditions. Similar individuals had been encountered before, but DNA analysis was simply impossible then. The polar grizzly bear has thick, creamy white fur similar to polar bears. It has long claws, a humped back, small facial features, and brown markings around its eyes and nose, characteristic of a grizzly bear.

Hybrid of ram and goat. In 2000, a ram and a goat were accidentally crossed in Botswana. The animals were simply kept together. The new animal is called "Toast of Botswana". The ram and the goat different quantities chromosomes - 54 and 60. Therefore, their offspring are usually stillborn. But the surviving hybrid was able to inherit the characteristics of both of its parents at once. It has long wool like a sheep and the legs of a goat. The outer hair was coarse and inner part wool is soft. The animal turned out to have the heavy body of a lamb. At 5 years old it weighed 93 kilograms. The animal had 57 chromosomes, which turned out to be average between the number of its parents. The hybrid turned out to be very active, with increased libido, although sterile. That is why he was castrated at 10 months. Cases of obtaining such a hybrid have been reported in New Zealand and Russia.

Red parrot fish. They love it in Asia aquarium fish, constantly creating new species. This species was released in Taiwan in 1986. How this mutation was obtained is still kept secret. After all, this allows local breeders to continue to maintain a monopoly on these fish. Rumor has it that the cyclid midas was crossed with the red cichlid. Their fry are gray-black, but by 5 months they become bright orange or pink. We learned this fish in the 90s, they bring it here from Singapore and other countries South-East Asia. If a red parrot is placed in an aquarium, the fish can grow there up to 10-15 centimeters. Color can vary greatly, in addition to orange color yellow is also possible. At some point in their lives, parrots can be crimson, lilac or bright red. However, over time they all acquire an orange color. Experts advise feeding this fish with special food containing carotene, this will help enhance the bright red color of their body. The resulting hybrid also has some pronounced anatomical deformations. For example, the mouth looks like a narrow vertical slit. Because of this, it is very difficult to feed such fish, which is why many of them die prematurely.

Hybrid pheasant. This bird was created by crossing a golden pheasant with a diamond pheasant. As a result, the new bird received a unique coloring of its plumage.

Orca dolphin. Quite rarely, but it is still possible to crossbreed aquatic animals. It represents the fruit of a dolphin from the family of bottlenose dolphins and the little black killer whale. There are only two such individuals in captivity. They both live in Hawaii, in a marine park. The sizes of hybrids are somewhere between the original species. The name of the first orca dolphin is known - Kekaimalu. The crossbreed is easily identified by the teeth. If the bottlenose dolphin has 88 of them, and the killer whale has 44, then the hybrid has 66.

Iron Age pig. To obtain such a breed, domestic Tamworth pigs are crossed with wild hogs. This is how you get a pig from the Iron Age. This hybrid is much more tame than a wild hog. However, it is not as pliable as ordinary domestic pigs. The resulting animals are raised for their meat, which is used in some specialty sausages and other products.

Dog-wolf. These animals interbreed quite often and freely in nature. The wolf is a rather cautious animal, its behavior is unique, and the hunter's instinct is very developed. The dog's jaws are not as developed as those of its wild predatory relative. When interbreeding, wolves are more shy than dogs. It is impossible to predict how the hybrid will behave in the future. Long-term training is required to tame a dog-wolf. After all, a hybrid can unwittingly choose the line of behavior of any of its parents. A dog-wolf can become very dangerous creature. After all, he will be cunning and predatory, like a wolf, and fearless towards humans, like a dog. Recently, cynologists in the Czech Republic decided to cross Carpathian lone wolves with German shepherds. Experts wanted to get the perfect police dog. But it turned out that the resulting dog-wolf was in no way suitable for such work. The animals were either nervous and cowardly, or overly angry and aggressive. The resulting breed was nevertheless recognized and named the Czech top. In Holland they tried to crossbreed the same German shepherds and Canadian pack wolves. The results were also not what they expected. But another breed appeared - the Saarlos Wolfhond. And in Moscow they crossed a Siberian husky and a jackal. The goal was to create a new breed that would be as docile as a dog and have the keen sense of smell of a wild animal. However, the results will be clear only after the third generation of the new breed.

We bring to your attention a selection of photographs dedicated to the strangest hybrid animals. Most of these animals do not occur naturally in nature and have been bred by humans. The fact of their appearance caused a lot of controversy and criticism. In most of these animals, with successful crossing, the offspring, as a rule, turn out to be infertile, therefore the appearance of new individuals is possible only with human intervention.

1. Zebra + any other horses = zebroid. Zebroids are the descendants of a zebra and any other horse: they are essentially hybrid zebras. Typically, male zebras and females of other equines are used to produce these hybrids. Zebroids usually have body contours more similar to their mother and have paternal stripes on the legs or parts of the neck and body. The female that produces a zebroid can be a female horse, pony, donkey or mule.

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3. Lion + tiger = liger.

4. Ligers are called hybrids obtained as a result of crossing between a male lion ( Panthera Leo) and a female tigress (Panthera Tigris). It is the largest known extant feline.

5. Ligers love and know how to swim, which is characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable, like lions. Ligers exist only in captivity, since the habitats of the parent species, the crossing of which leads to the birth of a liger, do not overlap in the wild. Another feature of ligers is that female ligers can give birth to offspring, which is unusual for feline hybrids. The length of a liger can reach four or more meters, and its weight exceeds three hundred kilograms.

6. Bottlenose dolphin + False killer whale = orca-dolphin
The orca dolphin is a rare hybrid that is born as a result of the mating of a female bottlenose dolphin with a male black killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens). Currently, only two examples of killer whales live in the Sea Life Park in Hawaii.
The first hybrid was an orca dolphin named Kekaimalu. It was a female who turned out to be capable of having offspring. She gave birth to a cub at a very young age. The baby died a few days after birth. However, in 1991, Kekaimala gave birth again, and her daughter was given the name Pokaikealoha. For two years she cared for her cub. Pokaikealoha died at the age of nine.

7. Grizzly bear + polar polar bear = Polar grizzly or grolar.

8. The polar grizzly bear is a rare hybrid of a grizzly bear and a polar bear that is found both in captivity and in the wild. In 2006, the occurrence of this hybrid in the wild was confirmed by DNA testing of a strange-looking bear that was shot near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories on Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic.

9. Bison + American bison = bison.
Bison are hybrids of bison and American bison. The breed was created to combine the characteristics of both animals and to increase beef production. Bison produce fertile offspring both when crossed with each other and with representatives of the original species.
The creation of bison has proven to be a major conservation problem for the wild American bison population. Most modern bison are genetically already bison, as they appeared as a result of crossing two species.

10. Serval + domestic cat = Savannah

The Savannah is a cat breed that was created by crossing a domestic cat and an African serval. These are medium-sized animals with large ears. Unusual view became popular among breeders at the end of the 20th century, and in 2001 International Association Cats recorded it as a new registered breed. Savannahs are much more sociable than the average domestic cat and are often compared to dogs due to their loyalty to their owners. They can be trained to walk on a leash and even fetch objects thrown by their owner.

11. Bengal breeder Judy Frank crossed Susie Woods' male Serval with a Siamese domestic cat. This is how the first Savannah cat appeared. The first representative of the breed was born on April 7, 1986. One of Savannah's kittens was acquired in 1989 by Patrick Keighley. Keighley was one of the first enthusiasts who worked to create a new breed based on a cross between a serval and a domestic cat. Together with breeder Joyce Sroufe, Patri Keighley developed the first edition of the new breed standards.

12. Male donkey + female horse = mule.

A mule is the product of crossing a male donkey and a female horse. Horses and donkeys are animals different types, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain from a cross than a hinny (the offspring of a cross between a horse and a donkey). All male mules and most female mules are sterile.

13. The main color of a mule is determined by the color of the mares. Based on their performance, there are two types of mules: pack and draft mules. Mules can be light, moderately heavy, or even, when a draft horse mare was used for crossing, moderately heavy.

14. The main color of a mule is determined by the color of the mares. Based on their performance, there are two types of mules: pack and draft mules. Mules can be light, moderately heavy, or even, when a draft horse mare was used for crossing, moderately heavy.
Passionate adherents of the species claim that mules are more patient, resilient, hardy and live longer than horses, and less stubborn, faster and smarter than donkeys. In addition, mules are less susceptible to diseases and do not require food and care.

15. Yak + cow = Dzo (khainak).
Zou is a hybrid of a yak and a cow. The word "Zo" technically refers to the males, while the females are called dzomo or zhom.
Dzomo can have offspring, but dzo are sterile. Because they are a product of the hybrid genetic phenomenon of heterosis, they are larger and stronger than a cow or yak. In Mongolia and Tibet, these animals are used for milk and meat.

16. Wolf + dog = wolf dog.
Wolf dogs are a breed formed by crossing a wild wolf and a dog. In 1998, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association and Department Agriculture United States, about 300 thousand wolf dogs lived in the United States. A wolf is usually crossed with a dog of similar appearance(eg German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes) to produce the most attractive exotic pets for owners. However, we must take into account that since wolf-dogs are, in fact, a genetic cross between wolves and dogs, their physical and behavioral characteristics can be absolutely unpredictable.

Hybrids are rare and unusual creatures. They can appear when crossing only those species that have similar genetic sets of chromosomes. Most animal hybrids were, of course, artificially bred in captivity. However, many were seen in natural environment a habitat.

The extraordinary animals liger and tiger lion have long been recognized by experts as the most beautiful and majestic hybrids of all. Such wild cats are born as a result of crossing a lion and a tigress (liger) and as a result of crossing a tiger and a lioness (tiger). Ligers are largest representatives cat family. And although the tiger lion is smaller in size than the liger, they still look impeccable: majestic and graceful.

Dogs and wolves can interbreed completely freely. But the wolf is a timid animal. He has a peculiar behavior and a developed hunter's instinct. Wolf stronger than dogs, so the result of crossing is quite unpredictable. You can never say exactly how a hybrid will behave in a given situation: like a dog or like a wolf. Communication with a wolfdog is possible only with special training.

Domestic Tamworth pigs are crossed with wild pigs, resulting in hybrids called Iron Age pigs. These animals are more pliable than wild boars, but not as calm as those at home. The meat of these animals is used to prepare special delicacies and meat products.

Zebras are unpredictable and capricious animals, so people decided to tame them in unusual ways. Namely, to crossbreed with some domestic animals. And although the hybrids turned out well, the cool temperament of the zebras has not gone away. Therefore, zebroids are difficult to establish contact with and tame. Zorse is the result of a combination of a zebra and a horse (zorse from the English zebra and horse). Zonk is a hybrid of a donkey and a zebra (zonkey from the English zebra and donkey). Zoni - pony and zebra (zony from English zebra and рony). All these animals belong to the zebroid family.

The camel is a hybrid of a camel and a llama. Crossbreeding occurs through artificial insemination due to the significant difference in the size of the animals. The camel has small ears and a long tail like a camel's, but its hooves are cloven, like a llama's. And the most important thing is that camels have no hump.

The polar grizzly is a hybrid of a polar bear and a grizzly bear. And although these bears have much in common genetic code, in nature they avoid each other. And recently, the first polar grizzly bear, born and raised in the wild, was found in Canada.

Marosi or leopard is the result of crossing a male leopard with a lioness. The head of the Marozi resembles that of a lion, but the body is similar to a leopard. Moreover, the hybrid is larger than a leopard. Leopards love to climb trees and splash in ponds.
A rare hybrid of a dolphin and a small black killer whale, the orca-dolphin, was bred in captivity. There are only two orca dolphins living in a marine park in the Hawaiian Islands.

Do you know what the descendants of tigers and female tigers/ligers or lions and tigers/female ligers are called? Very simply - hybrids of hybrids or second-level hybrids. Such animals are extremely rare. Only a few individuals are known and all of them belong to private individuals.