Can you breed a cougar with a jaguar?

Answer 1

In the wild - no. Jaguars live in South America and tigers in Asia. Different continents, far, far from each other.

In an artificial setting like a zoo, I don't know. Even a big jaguar is a lot smaller than a small tiger.

They might either not accept each other, or they might simply be too far apart on the evolutionary tree for there to be any cubs.

Answer 2

no because only animals of the same species can breed and have offspring that can produce offspring. Just because animals are in the same family doesn't maen they are the same species. So therfore they cant interbreed

Answer 3

They both have 38 chromosomes and are large cats from the same continent that look similar in structure (yes there are Jaguars in the southern United States), and seeing as Asian tigers and African lions can breed and they both look very phenotypically different and have vastly different habitats and habits, so MAYBE. The only way to know for sure is to try, but it would be very un-likely to happen naturally as their territories do not usually overlap, and if they did cross the cubs would likely be sterile. Females may have a chance of being fertile but more than likely not males due to Haldane's Rule.

Answer 4

As the animals are from different genera, it probably would not be successful. Mating of a cougar with a leopard was somewhat successful but the young were deformed and few lived beyond infancy.

Answer 5

In captivity. The leopard is an old world species, found in Asia, and Africa. Jaguars are found in the Americas. The hybrid is called a "jagulep", or "jagupard".

Answer 6

They are from the same genus so it is quite possible they could breed. However, the leopard is an animal from Africa and Asia and the jaguar is from the Americas so they never meet in nature.

Answer 7

No.