Besides tiger and lion hybrids what other big cats can be mated to create hybrid species?

tigers and lions can make tigon and ligers but what else is there?

Besides tiger and lion hybrids what other big cats can be mated to create hybrid species?
All members of the genus Panthera can interbreed with each other - for example, you can cross a lion and a leopard to produce a leopon, or a jaguar and a leopard to produce a jagulep. There have been sightings in Africa of a cat known as the marozi, which may be a naturally occurring lion-leopard hybrid, though it has also been speculated that it might simply be a lion that has retained its cubhood spots into adulthood, or even that it is a new species.





There have been accounts of pumas and leopards interbreeding, and even a puma and an ocelot, which might be considered tricky given the size difference! This was perhaps only able to occur because of the fact that female cats lie down to mate - the puma in this case was female, and the ocelot male. Their offspring resembled small pumas with faded ocelot markings.
Reply:In the early 1900s there were reports out of Chicago of a 'Congolese Spotted Lion'. This later proved to be the result of breeding the hybrid offspring of a leopard and jaguar (usually referred to as a jagulep) with a lion, to produce a lijagulep.


Leopons are quite well-known, with most being bred within Japanese facilities. Italy has also done some experiments in this area and Hagenbeck recorded a German menagerie producing leopons, none of which survived to maturity.





The most famous leopon breedings, and the subject of several out of print books, occurred at Koshien Hanshin Park in Nishinomiya City, Japan. Authorities allowed a leopard to mate with a lioness. The lioness adopted a position on her side which enabled the leopard to mount her. Despite their considerable size difference the pair managed to overcome the difficulties and produce offspring. Two litters and five cubs resulted.


Pumapards:


Records dating back to 1900 note three sets of twins with a puma father and leopard mother born at Hagenbeck Hamburg Tierpark.


Much debate surrounds the elusive African marozi. Also known as the 'spotted lion', it is often considered to have been a naturally-occurring hybridisation between the lion and the leopard.