Are Ligers The Only Hybrid That Grow Larger Than Both Parent’s Species?

if not what are some others?

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liger Had this To Say

It could go either way I would imagine. Just like the thousands of hybrid dogs around you. Some big, some small…
manjulan Had this To Say

“A male polar bear accidentally got into an enclosure with a female Kodiak (Alaskan Brown) bear at the US National Zoo in 1936 resulting in three hybrid offspring. One hybrid was named Willy and grew into an immense specimen.”
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Looks like maybe polar/grizzly hybrids might be larger. There are so few of them to make a general statement though.
Gypsy Had this To Say

I think Ligers are the only ones, but I’m not 100% sure. I will be interested to see if anyone else knows of other hybrids that out-grow both parents’ species…

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