Leopard Mules
"No person shall possess, sell, negotiate, will raise import, export or release a hybrid wild dog or cat, unless by order of the Division of Agriculture. " Hybrid animals have crossed the barrier of imagination, especially the hybrid cats. Cats are often hybrid crosses between Asian Leopard, Geoffroy's Cat and Lynx, but there are exceptions like the cross between a lion or a tiger, named Liger (Picture below) if the parent is the Lion or Tiglon if the contrary. Complications at birth and genetic defects in some cases unique needs food, instability of temperament and as in the case of Tiglon (Picture below), such as infertility. Their behavior is also different, more active during the day and late at night, less sociable and do not adapt well to new situations or changes in habitat. The hybrids tend to be larger, are more developed in its musculature and strength. The puma, mountain lion, lion or panther (Puma concolor) [2] is a carnivorous mammal of the Felidae family, native to America. This big cat lives in more places than any other terrestrial wild mammal on the continent as it extends from the Yukon in Canada to the southern Patagonian Andes in South America. The puma is adaptable and generalist, so is in the major biomes of the Americas. It is the second largest cat in the New World, after the jaguar, and the fourth largest in the world, along with the leopard mules after the tiger, lion and jaguar. It is larger than the snow leopard, but is more akin to the small cats, because unlike the big cats in the genus Panthera can roar puma cat purrs like children. As a hunter and ambush predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Its primary food is ungulates such as deer, particularly in the northern part of its range, but also hunting guanacos and camels as small species such as insects and rodents. It prefers habitats with dense vegetation during the hours of stalking, but can live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and has a low population density. The extension of its territory depends on the vegetation and the abundance of prey. Although a large predator is not always the dominant species in its range, as when competing with other predators like the gray wolf. It is a solitary cat that usually avoids people. Attacks on humans are rare, although their frequency has increased in recent years. [3]. The cougar was considered a dangerous beast from the European colonization of America. This consideration and the progressive human occupation of puma habitat that their populations have declined by nearly all its historical habitat. In particular, the cougar was extinct in the eastern part of North America, with the exception of isolated case of a sub-population in Florida. It is believed that this cat could recolonize of its former eastern territory. .
