@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-21 month 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@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-21 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-square@BojimbolinkEnglish23•1 month agoNot a species. The males are infertile so they cannot breed new ligers.
minus-square@chuckleslordlinkEnglish24•1 month agoWhich is why the title says extant feline, not species.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-21 month 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