Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

[GrizzlyClaws]

(09-09-2018, 04:53 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(09-09-2018, 04:47 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: So the wild animals could cross with the members within the boundary of its species, and anything outside should be out of question even it is a sister species.

However, the Homo sapiens used to interbreed with the Homo neanderthalensis, even though this is a cross breed between two closely related species, and it is odd that Panthera spelaea and Panthera atrox didn't follow this pattern.

Exactly and that is weird. Why Panthera atrox did not intermix with Panthera spelaea, if all the other species known do it? Humans, horses, bison and even bears (polar X grizzly hibrids) had intermix in the wild, but Barnett and his team found that these two great cats species did not do that. It is like if lions and tigers meet each other, they will naturally not intermix (despite the old Indian pictures, which are only art, not evidence of wild hybrids). It seems that P. atrox was diferente enough from P. spelaea to avoid even to mix each other, maybe could be even conflit between them if they meet each other. Interesting that nobody saw this excenario, expecially whan the information and conclusion of this study is published since 2009.

The outer difference between Panthera spelaea and Panthera atrox should be no more than that between the Polar bear and Brown bear, just look at their skull structure.

Maybe we shall wait for more evidence in order to draw the final conclusion. Reply