Any pictures of any animal hybrids? How do hybrids occur in the wild

[image] milodoingstuff: How do hybrids occur in the wild Hybrids occur when two different species mate, i.e in captivity, people breed lions with tigers, to get ligers or something. Obviously, this would never happen in the wild, as a lion and a tiger would never meet. Now, you could not br…

[image] thegeckogirl12: they have to be in the same genus, or close to it hybrids can be from parents in different genera, and even (rarely) different families [but yes, as you said, the upper level taxa are still closely related ones]

A good place to look is the concept of ring species , for example, Ensatina salamanders .

Well, I have found an expert! :grin: :sweat_smile: I once succeeded in hybridizing two snail species, a ramshorn and a pond snail, but it looked pretty much normal.

[image] thegeckogirl12: With reptiles, they can hybridize in captivity, but the only one I know is the common-ish crested gecko x chahoua. There are several natural hybrids of whiptail lizards in the Southwest: I believe the new mexico whiptail, desert grassland whiptail, and chihuahuan spott…

Many groups are just ok with hybridization, take Galloanseres which has 2 orders of ducks and chickens, both groups are very likely to hybridize inside themselves, iconic example is mallard where males are ready to copulate with anything, duck or goose, and it results in normal offspring! Another e…

Hybrids are quite common in nature! Mules are only the most well-known since they are bred by humans, but there are thousands of combinations of wild species that regularly breed together to produce hybrid offspring. In the most extreme cases, such as mules, the hybrids will be almost completely ste…

There are two blogs that specializes in the latest research on bird hybrids here: https://avianhybrids.wordpress.com/ (this one is more technical) and here: http://birdhybrids.blogspot.com/ (this one is more about identification)

Lepomis (Panfish) hybrids are very common in North America as well, with some ponds containing almost all hybrids and almost actual species! Some species tend to hybridize more than others (such as pumpkinseed and green sunfish) but I think pretty much every sunfish species has been found to be a pa…

Lions and Tigers historically occurred together in the wild, and possibly still do. The whole “lions and tigers would never meet in the wild thing” is kind of a myth.

A place to look at hybrids

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gheaton May 23, 2021, 3:55pm 6

There are several natural hybrids of whiptail lizards in the Southwest: I believe the new mexico whiptail, desert grassland whiptail, and chihuahuan spotted whiptail are all hybrids of other nearby species.

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A place to look at hybrids

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