LEOPON - the animal born between LION and LEOPARD -

レオポンはオスのヒョウとメスのライオンの間に誕生した動物。一代限りの珍獣です。
レオポン（LEOPON）の名前は、世界の動物命名規約に基づいて、父親のヒョウ（LEOPARD）の前半部分「LEOP」と母親のライオン（LION）の後半部分の「O­N」を組み合わせて「LEOPN（レオポン）」と名付けられました。
レオポンは世界でも阪神パーク以外の成功例がなく、学術的にも非常に貴重であり、世界各国から多くの人たちが訪れました。
この動画のレオポンは通称ジョニーという名前。昭和36年に生まれ、昭和60年にその長寿を全うした「最後のレオポン」です。人間で言うと114才まで生きました。
ちなみにレオポンの剥製は、阪神電気鉄道（株）から兵庫県の西宮市に寄付され、昭和58年に西宮市長から長寿のお祝いの表彰を受けています。

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Pets & Animals

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• レオポン
• ライオン
• ヒョウ
• 珍獣
• LION
• LEOPARD
• LEOPON
• rare
• animal
• Jonny

[conwaypan]

@tinylax2000 That's japan dude. This is why americans look dumb

[VampireSeal]

What has REALLY surprised me is that there have been pumapards--leopards with pumas. It surprises me because all the other hybrids have been contained within the Pantera genus--as most animal hybrids are typically within the same genus. The puma is more closely related to the "small cats" and is of the genus Felis (same as domestic cats, black-footed cats, etc.) Not only is it a separate genus--its a separate subfamily. I guess the cat family is a bit more flexible genetically.

[SnoozersDog]

@SuperWalrus881 Actually, not many ligers live in the wild, most that are in captivity, such as Hercules the liger, still posses their wild traits and would be very hard to train.

[FourLivingCreatures]

are you guys that dumb you can tell this is not real its a fricken robot hello lol.

[SuperWalrus881]

@SnoozersDog But "Ligers" aren't in the wild they are all kept in captivity. At least that's what I've heard....

[SuperBobby47]

@SnoozersDog I know. Ligers are pretty common. I meant like THIS. This is a crossbreed between a lion and a leopard. You dont see that everyday. What about Tigons?

[SnoozersDog]

@SuperBobby47 Do you know how sex a male tiger has? It can mate up to 40 times a day. Sometimes, instead of getting with a female tiger, it gets with a female lion, thus creating a crossbreed between lion and tiger, creating a "Liger" in the nature.

[SuperBobby47]

We never see crossbreed animals like these in the wild

[AManOfCreativity]

@startv34 B/c it was a stuffed animal in a museum, not a live one like we were all expecting. No offense intended though.

[shane8109]

I guess cats can bread between each other easier than I thought

[melvin042381]

how about hunting in wild how fast is this creature i wanna know..