There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
--- Peter Broekhuijsen ---

  • 2 Vote(s) - 3 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Interspecies hybrids: natural & artificial

United States Siegfried Offline
Wildanimal Enthusiast
***
#12
( This post was last modified: 03-29-2015, 07:13 PM by Siegfried )

I sometimes wonder the degree of human civilization's effect on subspeciation.  It seems to make sense that as humans inhabited larger areas, the populations of big cats became more fragmented.  This limited the influx of fresh genetics and the populations became more isolated and genetically distinct.  If humans went away, wouldn't the ranges of the different subspecies within a species increase and thereby eventually overlap?  Although I could be wrong, I'm pretty certain that a male Bengal tiger would see a female South China tiger as just another female tiger. The distinct DNA differences that are the basis of subspeciation would eventually disappear, right?          

 
2 users Like Siegfried's post
Reply




Messages In This Thread
RE: Freak Specimens - Siegfried - 06-19-2014, 07:15 AM
RE: Freak Specimens - GrizzlyClaws - 06-19-2014, 08:02 AM
RE: Freak Specimens - GuateGojira - 06-19-2014, 08:24 PM
RE: Freak Specimens - Apollo - 06-19-2014, 09:10 PM
RE: Hybridization in panthera subspecies - Siegfried - 03-29-2015, 07:11 PM
Hybrids - brotherbear - 12-31-2018, 07:24 PM
RE: Hybrids - nobody - 01-29-2019, 03:08 AM
RE: Hybrids - brotherbear - 01-29-2019, 03:46 AM
RE: Hybrids - Shadow - 01-29-2019, 03:57 AM
RE: Hybrids - brotherbear - 01-29-2019, 12:23 PM
RE: Hybrids - Luipaard - 04-18-2019, 11:26 AM
RE: Hybrids - Sully - 10-24-2019, 06:47 AM
RE: Hybrids - BorneanTiger - 10-30-2019, 06:04 PM
RE: Hybrids - Sully - 11-01-2019, 08:47 AM
RE: Hybrids - Rishi - 11-01-2019, 11:06 AM
RE: Hybrids - BorneanTiger - 11-22-2019, 04:04 PM



Users browsing this thread:
8 Guest(s)

About Us
Go Social     Subscribe  

Welcome to WILDFACT forum, a website that focuses on sharing the joy that wildlife has on offer. We welcome all wildlife lovers to join us in sharing that joy. As a member you can share your research, knowledge and experience on animals with the community.
wildfact.com is intended to serve as an online resource for wildlife lovers of all skill levels from beginners to professionals and from all fields that belong to wildlife anyhow. Our focus area is wild animals from all over world. Content generated here will help showcase the work of wildlife experts and lovers to the world. We believe by the help of your informative article and content we will succeed to educate the world, how these beautiful animals are important to survival of all man kind.
Many thanks for visiting wildfact.com. We hope you will keep visiting wildfact regularly and will refer other members who have passion for wildlife.

Forum software by © MyBB