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Mickey the TIGUAR (Tiger x Jaguar) - Did he ever exist?

The photos  shown here are of an immature lioness, but her images have become famous as being those of a very rare (and unproven) hybrid known as a Tiguar. To date NO photographs exist to support the fact of a Tiguars existence, the ones depicted here have been the centre of much erroneous speculation.

Who was Mickey the Tiguar?

Mickey was a supposed Tiguar Hybrid living in Mexico. Below is the citation taken from Wikipedia:

Reportedly, at the Altiplano Zoo in the city of San Pablo Apetatlan (near Tlaxcala, México), the crossbreeding of a male Siberian tiger and a female jaguar from the southern Chiapas jungle produced a male tiguar named Mickey. Mickey is on exhibition at a 400 m2 habitat and as of June 2009, is two years old and weighs 180 kg (397 lb). Attempts to verify this report have been bolstered by recent images purported to show the adult Mickey

Evidence to support Mickey's existence

The Altiplano Zoo has been caught up in many investigations, mainly involving animal trafficking to politicians and drug barons. It is possible a 'very rare' hybrid like a Tiguar may fetch a very high price, and as such could have been sold off to a private collector.

Evidence against Mickey's existence

Firstly, the Altiplano Zoo is in Mexico and Mickey is not a very 'Mexican name'. But if he had existed, and by most reports lived at the zoo until at least 2 years old (2009), why do no visitors have photographs or even first hand reports of him?

The still images above were believed by many to show Mickey who was described as 'light red with no stripes or spots, tigerine face with a white mouth and chin area and darker brown spots. At a few years old he apparently weighed 180kg and measured 2.3m long'

The stills are without doubt a young lioness, other photographs reported to show Mickey are actually of a Ligress named Zita, residing in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The description itself sounds more like a Tigon than anything else.

Other accounts of Tiguars?

There are other reports of a Tiguar and a Jaglion loose in Maui, Hawaii. But the reports sound more like a Liger, and the people contacted in Maui by PawsForWildlife have never heard of these reports

Other facts

A Tiguar has a Tiger father and Jaguaress mother, if this order is reversed (Jaguar x Tigress) the hybrid is known as a Jagger.

Conclusion

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tomorrow I'm working on Strike with my mom hopefully she doesn't put it off or forget. 

Math test tomorrow, JOY at least it's trig. TRIG  I can do. though needs to turn in some homework >M< 

GOVT AND ENGLISH Lots of work there, I have to write a thank you letter and make a power point and write a final paper on an issue on a country of my choosing...I chose Australia hopefully I can find some sort of social issue there...>.>;

Govt I have to make a state seal, write a petition to become a state and write a emergency procedure thingy for the govt of Mordor. 

SOOOOO  very busy.