hybrid animal

An animal that crosses, mixes, or breeds with another

When you see a hybrid animal in a book or imagine one, you might think, “What name should I give this animal?” Believe it or not, there actually are all sorts of hybrid animals that do have really funny names:
Liger ( Male Lion + Female Tiger)
Tigon (Male Tiger + Female Lion)
Zonkey (Zebra + Donkey)
Jaglion (Male Jaguar + Female Lion)
Geep (Goat + Sheep)
Grolar Bear (Polar Bear + Brown Bear)
Coywolf (Coyote +Wolf)
Zebroid (Zebra + Any Other Equine)
Savannah Cat (Domestic Cat + Serval)
Wholphin (Male False Killer Whale + Female Bottlenose Dolphin)
Beefalo (Buffalo + Cow)
Hinny (Female Donkey + Male Horse)
Narluga (Narwhal + Beluga)
Cama (Camel + Llama)
Dzo (Cow + Wild Yak)
Leopon (Male Leopard + Female Lion)
Mulard (Mallard + Muscovy Duck)
Żubroń (Cow + European Bison)
Wolfdog (wolf + dog)

But some animals don’t exist, and you can even make up your own:
Porkulion (pig + porcupine + lion)
Cluckster (chicken + rooster)
Beefard (cow + geopard)
Cockaroo (rooster + kangaroo)
Baarantula (sheep + tarantula)
Honeybug (honeybee + ladybug)
Shoodle (sheep dog + poodle)
Catfisher (catbird + kingfisher)
Dogon (dog + dragon)
Velotops (velociraptor + triceratops)
Kangarex (kangaroo + tyrannosaurus rex)
Porse (pig + horse)
Leodon (leopard + pteranodon)
Goractyl (gorilla + pterodactyl)
Quack-a-doodle-cluck (duck + rooster + chicken)
Roar-a-woofle-doo (lion + dog + rooster)

by bluestinger66 January 31, 2023