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-square13fedilinkarrow-up1134
arrow-up1134external-linkTIL: The largest extant feline is the Liger, hybrid of a male Lion and female Tigeren.wikipedia.orgFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareBojimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoNot a species. The males are infertile so they cannot breed new ligers.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoWhich is why the title says extant feline, not species.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·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