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*hihi help please* Is a liger considered a species? Explain why or why not.

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Answer:

its not

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question: Is a liger considered a species? Explain why or why not.

The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger; both are in the genus Panthera but of the species leo and tigris respectively. Ligers exist only in captivity because the habitats of the parental species do not overlap in the wild.

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Answer:

No.

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Big cat hybrids are not real species, For animals to be a species, they need to give birth to successful offspring, who can reproduce themselves. For big cat hybrids, this will not happen as male ligers are sterile, and females are not always able to reproduce

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