Talk:Hybrid name

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Why is this article written entirely from the point of view of plants, as if hybrid animals don't exist? We need to redress the balance.

Moreover, is there any rule over whether the mother's species or the father's species is given first? -- Smjg 15:15, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

It could be because hybrid names are commonly encountered and regularly used in botany, but less so when talking and writing about animals. See, for example, the articles on Tigon, Liger, Mule and Beefalo. I don't know of any specific names in the animal kingdom that include a hybrid × (which isn't to say that they don't exist), which only seems to be used when actually describing the cross (eg Liger, Panthera tigris × Panthera leo.)

I believe that the normal usage (in plants, at least) is to show the seed parent (female) first, then the pollen parent (male). This would agree with the description of the Liger given above, as it is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. The reverse cross, called a Tigon, is the offspring of a male tiger and a lioness, and would be described as Panthera leo × Panthera tigris. SiGarb | Talk 17:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)