. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. cimens of this rare alliancebetween those two great and formidable feliclce, the lion and tiger. The illustrationswill indicate sufficiently how fortunate Mr. Hagenbeck has been in his efforts to puoduce these hybrids. The oldestand biggest of the animalsshown is a hybrid boj-n onthe 11th May, 1897. Thisfine beast, now more thanfive years old, equals andeven excels in his proportionsa well-grown lion, measuringas he does from nose to tip oftail 10ft. 2in. in length, andstanding only three inchesless than 4ft. at the shoulder
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. cimens of this rare alliancebetween those two great and formidable feliclce, the lion and tiger. The illustrationswill indicate sufficiently how fortunate Mr. Hagenbeck has been in his efforts to puoduce these hybrids. The oldestand biggest of the animalsshown is a hybrid boj-n onthe 11th May, 1897. Thisfine beast, now more thanfive years old, equals andeven excels in his proportionsa well-grown lion, measuringas he does from nose to tip oftail 10ft. 2in. in length, andstanding only three inchesless than 4ft. at the good big wild lion willweigh about lOOlbs. — gives the length of alion shot by himself as , its height as 3ft. 8hi.,and its weight as 4101bs.— A PAIE OF YOUNG LION-TIGEBS. „ A ? t- ? -. ..1,„1,1„ +U„4- ,„ ,, ,,„, , ., ,„„, „, , , , , , , „ and it IS probable that m ilorii .SjUi April, 1902. The pliotogi-aph shows them, at tl]j3 age of lour weeks, \ being suclded by a terrier bitch. ~ VCiy exceptional CaSeS llOUS 200. LioriTiger Hybrids 201 may attain 450 and even 5001bs. But the hybrid in question, weighing as it does noless than 4671bs., is certainly the superior of most well-grown hons, whether wild-bredor born in a menagerie. This animal shows faint striping and mottling, and, in its characteristics, exhibitsstrong traces of both its parents. It has a somewhat lion-like head, and the tail ismore like that of a lion than of a tiger. On the other hand, it has little or no traceof mane. It is a huge and very powerful beast, but, like most of Mr. Hagenbecksfeline pets, has been reduced to a state of comparative tameness, taking part in theshows given by a keeper, with other felidoe, such as lions, tigers, leopards andpumas, not to mention dogs and various species of the genus Ursus. The next hybrids are a pair born, like the bigger animal, of lion father and tigressmother. They are about seventeen months old, having been born on the
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