Jun 8, 2022 · That's the most likely explanation. However it could be an interesting case of a second generation Leopon. Males would be sterile. But females can still breed with lions or leopards. If it bred into a lion pride, then that may explain the faded markings on the pelt in the first reply. It'd be second or third generation probably.

Dec 28, 2022 · Marozi – the mysterious spotted mountain lion. What is your opinion on this cryptid? Misidentification, oddly colored subgroup, lion-leopard hybrid or a new species?

May 10, 2023 · The marozi or "spotted lion" is an alleged species of lion with distinctive spots. The species was reported from Eastern Africa, where in 1931 a man named Michael Trent shot and killed one, collecting a skin. Debate over whether or not the marozi is a new species continues

Aug 29, 2016 · The marozi may have been a unique species, neither lion nor leopard, which went extinct due to unknown factors before it could be properly identified. As far as I can tell, there has not been any DNA analysis attempted on the pelts that remain from the 1930s expeditions.

Apr 23, 2021 · The marozi is a cryptid reported from Africa, specifically a lion that is spotted, maneless, and smaller than its brethren. While some propose it to an entirely new species, I find it more likely that sightings, and even alleged marozi pelts, are in fact from lion-leopard hybrids.

Jan 12, 2015 · The head of the animal is similar to that of a lion while the rest of the body carries similarities to leopards. These hybrids are produced in captivity and are unlikely to occur in the wild. Interesting: Reginald Innes ^Pocock | Panthera ^hybrid | ^Lion | ^Marozi

Jan 19, 2018 · The marozi or spotted lion is variously claimed by zoologists and cryptozoologists to be a distinct race of lion adapted for a montane rather than savanna-dwelling existence, a rare natural hybrid of a leopard and lion, or an adult lion that retained its childhood spots.

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A subspecies is a more specific classification of something typically based on where it is found, like the Marozi Lion (aka the spotted lion). It is still a lion. For MHW think Rathian as a species, but Pink Rathian is a subspecies that *generally* only lives in the Coral Highlands.