@FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agoTIL: The largest extant feline is the Liger, hybrid of a male Lion and female Tigeren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down13
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The largest extant feline is the Liger, hybrid of a male Lion and female Tigeren.wikipedia.org@FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-square@Bojimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish23•2 months agoNot a species. The males are infertile so they cannot breed new ligers.
minus-square@chuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish24•2 months agoWhich is why the title says extant feline, not species.
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-22 months agoThat’s not the actual definition of species (for example, assume a formerly viable species was reduced to three infertile members), but ask ten biologists to define species and you’ll get twelve answers so whatever
Not a species. The males are infertile so they cannot breed new ligers.
Which is why the title says extant feline, not species.
That’s not the actual definition of species (for example, assume a formerly viable species was reduced to three infertile members), but ask ten biologists to define species and you’ll get twelve answers so whatever