A pumapard is a hybrid of a cougar and a leopard. Both male cougar with female leopard and male leopard with female cougar pairings have produced offspring. In general, these hybrids have exhibited a tendency to dwarfism.
Whether born to a male cougar mated to a leopardess, or to a male leopard mated to a female cougar, pumapards inherit a form of dwarfism. Those reported grew to only half the size of the parents. They have a long, cougar-like body (proportional to the limbs, but nevertheless shorter than either parent) with short legs. The coat is variously described as sandy, tawny or grayish with brown, chestnut or "faded" rosettes.[citation needed]
One is preserved in the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring, England, and clearly shows the tendency to dwarfism. This hybrid was exhibited at the Tierpark in Stellingen (Hamburg), Germany. A black and white photograph of the Tring hybrid appeared in Animals of the World (1917) with the caption "This is a photograph from life of a very rare hybrid. That animal's father was a puma, its mother a leopard. It is now dead and it may be seen stuffed in Mr. Rothschild's Museum at Tring."[citation needed]
History
In the late 1890s/early 1900s, two hybrids were born in Chicago, United States, followed two years later by three sets of twin cubs born at a zoo in Hamburg, Germany, from a cougar father and leopard mother. Carl Hagenbeck apparently bred several litters of cougar × leopard hybrids in 1898 at the suggestion of a menagerie owner in Great Britain; this was possibly Lord Rothschild (as one of the hybrids is preserved in his museum) who may have heard of the two hybrid cubs bred in Chicago in 1896 and suggested that Hagenbeck reproduce the pairing.
Hagenbeck's cougar/leopard hybrids may have been inspired by a pair of leopard × cougar hybrid cubs born in Chicago on 24 April 1896 at Tattersall's indoor arena, where Ringling Brothers Circus opened its season:
"Two tiny cubs which look like young leopards were born at Tattersall's where Ringling Brothers circus is housed, yesterday (24 APR [18]96). They are not leopards, however. Their mother is a mountain lion or cougar and their father is a leopard. They take after their father decidedly, and are the daintiest little members of the cat family ever born in captivity. In fact they are the only ones of their kind, so far as known, ever born, either within the confines of a cage or anywhere else. These black and yellow youngsters were on exhibition yesterday and were admired by all who saw them. They will probably be on view the rest of the time the circus exhibits in Chicago."[1]
A similar hybrid was reported by Helmut Hemmer. These hybrids had cougar-like long tails and sandy or tawny coats with chestnut leopard-like markings and cougar-like cheek markings. Another was described as resembling a little gray puma with large brown rosettes.
There was, and probably is now, in the Berlin Garden an Indian leopard and puma male hybrid, purchased by Carl Hagenbeck in 1898.[2]
In his Guide, Dr. Heck described it as a little grey puma with large brown rosettes. Another hybrid between the same species, but with a puma for sire and a leopard for dam, was recently at Stellingen; it resembled the female parent in form as may be seen from the reproduction from a photograph taken there.[citation needed]
According to Carl Hagenbeck (1951), a male cougar and female leopard produced a hybrid male cub that was reared by a Fox Terrier bitch at Hagenbeck Tierpark, Hamburg (fostering being normal practice at this time). This male hybrid was intermediate between the cougar and leopard in color and pattern, having faint leopard spots on a cougar-colored background. The body length was much less than either parent, while the tail was long, like the cougar. Hagenbeck apparently bred these hybrids at the suggestion of an unidentified menagerie owner; however, the hybrids were considered dull and uninteresting. Modern geneticists find them more interesting because the leopard and the cougar were not considered to be closely enough related to produce offspring.[citation needed]
H. Petzsch (1956) mentioned that puma/leopard hybrids had been obtained by artificial insemination. H. Hemmer (1966) reported the hybrid between a male Indian leopard (P. p. fusca) and a female puma as being fairly small, with a ground color like that of the puma and having rather faded rosettes.[citation needed]
The hybrids were additionally reported by C. J. Cornish et al. (undated), R. Rörig (1903), T. Haltenorth (1936), and O. Antonius (1951).[full citation needed]
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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is classification and references are unclear page needs to be formatted Please help improve this article if you can January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message A pumapard is a hybrid of a cougar and a leopard Both male cougar with female leopard and male leopard with female cougar pairings have produced offspring In general these hybrids have exhibited a tendency to dwarfism PumapardA pumapard 1904Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder CarnivoraSuborder FeliformiaFamily FelidaeHybrid Puma concolor Panthera pardusA pumapard the Rothschild Museum Tring England front view A pumapard the Rothschild Museum Tring England side view Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 See also 4 Note 5 ReferencesCharacteristics EditWhether born to a male cougar mated to a leopardess or to a male leopard mated to a female cougar pumapards inherit a form of dwarfism Those reported grew to only half the size of the parents They have a long cougar like body proportional to the limbs but nevertheless shorter than either parent with short legs The coat is variously described as sandy tawny or grayish with brown chestnut or faded rosettes citation needed One is preserved in the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring England and clearly shows the tendency to dwarfism This hybrid was exhibited at the Tierpark in Stellingen Hamburg Germany A black and white photograph of the Tring hybrid appeared in Animals of the World 1917 with the caption This is a photograph from life of a very rare hybrid That animal s father was a puma its mother a leopard It is now dead and it may be seen stuffed in Mr Rothschild s Museum at Tring citation needed History EditIn the late 1890s early 1900s two hybrids were born in Chicago United States followed two years later by three sets of twin cubs born at a zoo in Hamburg Germany from a cougar father and leopard mother Carl Hagenbeck apparently bred several litters of cougar leopard hybrids in 1898 at the suggestion of a menagerie owner in Great Britain this was possibly Lord Rothschild as one of the hybrids is preserved in his museum who may have heard of the two hybrid cubs bred in Chicago in 1896 and suggested that Hagenbeck reproduce the pairing Hagenbeck s cougar leopard hybrids may have been inspired by a pair of leopard cougar hybrid cubs born in Chicago on 24 April 1896 at Tattersall s indoor arena where Ringling Brothers Circus opened its season Two tiny cubs which look like young leopards were born at Tattersall s where Ringling Brothers circus is housed yesterday 24 APR 18 96 They are not leopards however Their mother is a mountain lion or cougar and their father is a leopard They take after their father decidedly and are the daintiest little members of the cat family ever born in captivity In fact they are the only ones of their kind so far as known ever born either within the confines of a cage or anywhere else These black and yellow youngsters were on exhibition yesterday and were admired by all who saw them They will probably be on view the rest of the time the circus exhibits in Chicago 1 A similar hybrid was reported by Helmut Hemmer These hybrids had cougar like long tails and sandy or tawny coats with chestnut leopard like markings and cougar like cheek markings Another was described as resembling a little gray puma with large brown rosettes Henry Scherren wrote There was and probably is now in the Berlin Garden an Indian leopard and puma male hybrid purchased by Carl Hagenbeck in 1898 2 In his Guide Dr Heck described it as a little grey puma with large brown rosettes Another hybrid between the same species but with a puma for sire and a leopard for dam was recently at Stellingen it resembled the female parent in form as may be seen from the reproduction from a photograph taken there citation needed According to Carl Hagenbeck 1951 a male cougar and female leopard produced a hybrid male cub that was reared by a Fox Terrier bitch at Hagenbeck Tierpark Hamburg fostering being normal practice at this time This male hybrid was intermediate between the cougar and leopard in color and pattern having faint leopard spots on a cougar colored background The body length was much less than either parent while the tail was long like the cougar Hagenbeck apparently bred these hybrids at the suggestion of an unidentified menagerie owner however the hybrids were considered dull and uninteresting Modern geneticists find them more interesting because the leopard and the cougar were not considered to be closely enough related to produce offspring citation needed H Petzsch 1956 mentioned that puma leopard hybrids had been obtained by artificial insemination H Hemmer 1966 reported the hybrid between a male Indian leopard P p fusca and a female puma as being fairly small with a ground color like that of the puma and having rather faded rosettes citation needed The hybrids were additionally reported by C J Cornish et al undated R Rorig 1903 T Haltenorth 1936 and O Antonius 1951 full citation needed See also EditFelid hybrids small cat hybrids Panthera hybrids hybrids between lions tigers leopards and jaguarsNote EditSome content of this article is reproduced from Hybrid Big Cats messybeast com which is licensed under the GFDL References Edit no title cited The Chicago Chronicle 25 April 1896 full citation needed Scherren Henry 25 April 1908 no title cited The Field No 2887 full citation needed Puma hybrids messybeast com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pumapard amp oldid 1128774348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
