Which species can inter-breed? Everyone knows that when horses mate donkeys they produce mules but are there any other examples? Also, are their offspring always sterile?
2006-11-29 23:37:22 · 14 answers · asked by Edit_Cat 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
ligers which are a lion-tiger hybrid. there are some fertile ones as well like hybrids between coyotes, wolves, jackals dogs.
2006-11-29 23:40:19 · answer #1 · answered by Stannnn 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you mean migration not globalization? Let's presume that say humans stopped migrating and there was no international say because civilization was destroyed by oh the return of full glacial conditions isolating populations. Say that no one could reach North America cos it was cut off by glaciers to the north and the transoceanic currents shifted too far off shore for any rafts or canoes to reach the continent. And there's no sail boats coming from across the Pacific or Atlantic. Say whatever caused glaciation also swiped out nearly every one but a few survivors in remote mountain valleys in say the Sierra Madre or Arizona. I've heard of a theory that the life time of a species is about a million years until genetic drift and mutation means a later form couldn't crossbreed with its ancestors? So those survivors might have adaptions to arid regions we lack? A third eyelid to protect the eye from sand and dust? Losing the fifth toe and appendix maybe? It would take a million years at least and we dont know what climate changes those future humans are adapting to? We can only guess!?
2016-05-23 04:36:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Liger. Cross between a male lion and a female tiger. They are huge - the largest animal in the cat family. A cross between a female lion and a male tiger is called a tigon. Both of these have been know to occur in the wild.
Male ligers are always sterile, but female ligers can breed successfully with either lions or tigers.
Other examples are the wolphin (bottlenose dolphin and false killer whale) and a recent example shot dead in Canada of a polar bear/grizzly bear hybrid.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_animals for more examples.
2006-11-29 23:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well there are horses and donkeys/jennys producing mules and hinnys.
Tigers and Lions can produce tigons and ligers, you know about.
In th history of "ideas of questionable scientific merit", there are dark rumors that experiements which were like those HG Wells wrote about (The Island of Dr. Moreau) have persisted for over 50 years that there was a lab experiment done to create a Chimp Human hybrid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee.
Many many plant species are cross bred to create new and novel plants.
2006-11-29 23:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mark T 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Interspecies Breeding
2016-10-04 22:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are also Zonkeys (Zebra Donkeys), Ligers (Lion Tigers), and Wolphins (Whale Dolphin).
2006-11-29 23:44:19 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin R 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Horse and Zebra
Polar Bears and Grizzlies
2006-11-30 00:26:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dogs + Wolves there offspring are known as `Hybrids`.
2006-11-30 06:11:16 · answer #8 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tygon and ligers, lions and tigers inter breed dont know if they are always sterile though
2006-11-29 23:40:56 · answer #9 · answered by julie t 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The ones I know of:
horse/dolfin
Lion/tiger
dog/wolf/coyote
Cow/american bison
orca/dolfin
2006-11-30 01:57:41 · answer #10 · answered by George B 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋