Real-life "Pokemon"
You are probably familiar with Pokemon (a contraction of "pocket" and "monster"), a comic and game character. Some Pokemon are a combination of two types of living things and their names reflect these organisms. For example, Bulbasaur = Bulb + Dinosaur. The resulting creature is called a hybrid - an imaginary one, though.Animal Hybrids
Do you know there are real animal hybrids in the world?
"Hybrid, strictly defined, an offspring that is a cross between different species, genera, or, in rare cases, families. More loosely defined, a hybrid can also be a cross between parents of different subspecies or varieties of a species."
Encarta Encyclopedia
- Species: Basic grouping of the same living things e.g., all tigers
- Genus: (pl. genera) Grouping of closely-related species e.g., tigers, lions and leopards
- Family: Grouping of related genus with similar characteristics e.g., the cat family consisting of tigers, lions, leopards, wild cat and jaguar
