Assertion: leopard | /r/HasProperty | crossed in captivity
Facets:
value: successfully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The disparity in size between a large male leopard and a small lioness that had just reached maturity would not necessarily be an obstacle to pairing, and since it is known that lions and tigers on the one hand, and leopards and pumas on the other, have been successfully crossed in captivity, there is no reason for thinking that leopards and lions should not also be cross-bred; for, as I have recently pointed out, the relationship between leopards and lions is much closer than that between leopards and pumas, lions being in all probability directly descended from some species of Felis closely akin to leopards and jaguars, as is attested by the patter of the cubs, as well as by other points of resemblance.