Captive Cat Hybrids
Humans have bred wild cats to create hybrids like giant ligers (lion-tiger) and tiny pumapards (puma-leopard). While these hybrids show interbreeding potential, conservationists criticize them as unethical and unhelpful for real wildlife conservation, emphasizing the need for ethical wildlife management.
Captive Cat Hybrids
Golden-crowned manakin
Lepidothrix vilasboasi, or golden-crowned manakins, are hybrid birds found in the Amazon rainforest. Lepidothrix nattereri, the snow-capped manakin, and Lepidothrix iris, the opal-crowned manakin, interbreed to produce them. Golden-crowned manakins, in contrast to other hybrid animals on this list, are considered by scientists to be a hybrid species since they represent a stable population of hybrids that no longer interbreeds with the two original species.
Golden Crowned Manakin