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Could a panther breed with a lion?

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Panther is a generic term for the big cats and includes the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard and jaguar. All are members of the Panthera genus and can usually interbreed. However, this is something that does not occur in nature and such crosses occur only with captive animals.

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Yes, if you have ever heard of a liger or a tigon, they are the result of a female lion and a male tiger. Ligers are much bigger than normal tigers. Actually, a liger embryo is so large that a female tiger is too small to carry it, so the female in the equation has to be a lioness and, therefore the male would be a tiger. Although a lion and tiger can mate to create a liger, ligers cannot mate together to create other ligers. It's kind of like how mules can't mate to create other mules.

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Yes, when a tiger and lion breed together they create either a liger or tiglon (also known as a tigon or tion). A liger is the result of cross breeding with a male lion and female tiger, a tiglon is from cross breeding of a male tiger and female lion. Offspring from mating ligers or tiglons with tigers or lions are referred to as litigons or titigons.

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There is no actual animal called a "panther". It's just a name given to melanistic (dark-pigmentation/dark-coloured) big-cat species such as leopards and jaguars. So, in reality, a panther is just a completely black leopard or jaguar, in the same sense that a completely white jaguar would be called an albino jaguar.

With that being said, yes, you can breed a "panther" with a lion.

Leopards and jaguars belong to the genus "Panthera", and many hybrids, known as "Panthera Hybrids" actually do already exist.

Breeding a lion with a "panther" jaguar creates a Liguar.

Breeding a lion with a "panther" leopard creates a Lipard.

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Yes, a lion will attack any predator in its territory, even down to the comparably smaller cheetah and its cubs.

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The Carolina Panthers should indeed "kill" the Detroit Lions this year.

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Yes, the result of a male lion and a tigress is called a liger, tiger and lioness is a tigon.

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No it is not possible to breed a lion and a cheeta

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No. Tigers are too large and powerful for a leopard to beat.

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No, the lion is a completely different genus than the cheetah. A lion and a cheetah cannot produce offspring.

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