A jaglion or jaguon is the result of breeding between a male jaguar and a female lion (lioness). There is an unsubstantiated report of a lioness /black jaguar cross seen in the company of an alleged tiguar (tiger/black jaguar cross) in Maui, Hawaii. The supposed jaglion's description matches that of an African lion. It was described as having a scarred, puffy grey face, a short, thick jet black mane on its head and around its neck, extending around the ears and underneath the chin. Its body was solid dark tawny and the tail had a black tuft. The identification of a jaguar/lion hybrid was made on facial characteristics. Known hybrids have chocolate rosettes on a tawny background colour. A complication is that melanism is a dominant trait in jaguars. The description matches that of a lion, the grey face being due to lighting conditions. The hybrid has the lion's background colour and jaguar-like rosettes and the powerful build of the jaguar.
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