2006-07-16 23:46:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
could anyone give me links to any photos of them available on the net!
2006-07-16 23:56:00 · update #1
Not that anyone knows of.....supposedly cheetahs *could* be crossed with leopards or cougars, but there is no record of that having happened. With a tiger and a cheetah the size difference would alone be prohibitive much of the time, not to mention the genetic issue.
However, there are confirmed reports of female leopard/male lion matings producing offspring! But lions are more closely related to leopards and jaguars then they are to tigers, and all of the above mentioned are much closer in build and physiology to each other than to the cheetah. The cheetah is believed to be most genetically similar to the cougar.
Another interesting and surprising one is a cross between a male ocelot and a female cougar - but the offspring did not live.
2006-07-17 07:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by Schrecken 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'll be surprised if anybody managed that. Successful species crossbreeds (mostly sterile but not always) have been achieved within the Panthera and Felis cat genera. Cheetahs are classified in their own genus (Acinonyx) and there are no other species in that genus to crossbreed with. As far as I know inter-genus breeding is not possible.
2006-07-17 12:26:30 · answer #2 · answered by Vango 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are completely unrelated...a entirely differerent genus...it would be genetically impossible to interbreed them.
2006-07-18 00:32:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - along with lions & lepords. almost all large cats have been cross bred.
2006-07-17 06:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by rockin6d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋