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What is a close relative to the lion?

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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! x

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Tigers, leopards, snow leopards and jaguars are closely related to the lion and belong to the same genus - Panthera.

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