Panthera hybrid

Leopon A leopard crossed with a lioness. The result is spotted like a leopard, though the spots on its sides are smaller and closer set. The first documented leopon was bred at Kolhapur, India, in 1910, and leopons occur only in captivity. It belongs on this list as the rarer cousin of the liger and tigon, and it raises the same question they do: a big-cat hybrid serves no conservation purpose, so the only reason to produce one is display.