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The tigon is a hybrid cross between a male tiger and a female lion.
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What is a ligers breeding?
Ligers are hybrids and the result of captive breeding. They are the offspring produced from cross breeding a male lion with a female tiger.
Why is a liger bigger than a tigon?
A Liger is the result of a male Lion breeding with a female Tiger. So i assume that a Tigon the result of a male Tiger breeding with a female lion. Ligers grow to lenths over 10 feet, tigons get large muscle mass.
When did ligers become extinct?
They did not. Ligers are not a species in their own right or a natural occurrence. They are the result of the captive cross-breeding of a lion and a tiger.
Do people breed lions with tigers?
Yes they do. The offspring are called ligers or tigons, depending on which parent was the lion and which parent was the tiger. Ligers are the result of a male lion cross bred with a female tiger, and a tigon (also known as a tiglon or tion) is the result of cross breeding between a male tiger and female lion. Ligers are the largest cat known while the tigon is around the size of a regular tiger or lion.
Tiger plus lion is a tigon true or false?
False, if a male lion and female tiger than the result is a liger, but, if a female lion and a male tiger then the result we be a tion. Tigon is very close though
Why don't we see ligers out in wild?
Ligers are hybrids only found in captivity. They are the end result of mans curiosity, cross breeding a male lion and female tiger.
Does a liger lay eggs?
No, they are big cats. Ligers are the result from man cross breeding a lion and a tiger, as with most hybrids they are sterile. If they were able to reproduce, they would have cubs.
When lion and tigers mate what do you call their cubs?
The result of a tiger and lion mating is a liger.
What are produced by cross-breeding tigers and lions?
A Tigon Tigon is if the father is a tiger, if the father is a lion, it is called a liger.
What is the closest living relative to the lion?
The tiger. In fact the two species are still capable of inter-breeding to produce offspring although of quetionable fertility. They are called Ligers or Tigions depending on whether the male is a lion or a tiger.
How are ligers related to tigers?
a liger is the result of a male lion mating with a female tiger
What is a mixture of a lion and a tiger?
Male lion + female tiger = ligerMale tiger + female lion = tigon
