FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 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.orgFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareBojimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down7·3 months agoNot a species. The males are infertile so they cannot breed new ligers.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months agoWhich is why the title says extant feline, not species.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-23 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