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Q: Why are ligers and tigons named differently?
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What is the name for the hybrid offspring of two big cats?

ligers or tigons ligers or tigons


What is rarer ligers or tigons?

tigon


How can you protect ligers and tigons?

to give money for their food


What offspring do tigers and lions produce?

Ligers or some people call then tigons but it's most commonly used as ligers.


How are tigons endangered?

Tigons and ligers are not naturally occurring animals, but are hybrids bred in captivity. Non-natural species are not classified with an endangered status.


Are ligers and tigons real?

Yes tiger (male) mixed with a lion (female)


How much does a liger and tigon weigh?

tigons are much smaller than ligers, normally weighing at 160 to 180 kgs, but weights of 800 pounds in tigons have been recorded. ligers wiegh 400 to 600kgs, largest one was 800 kgs.


Can Ligers breed?

A "Liger" is cross-breed between a male lion and a female tiger. Ligers cannot make other ligers. As a general rule, the offspring of two different species are sterile and cannot reproduce (the only exceptions are between species that are very closely related, like lynx and bobcats). Ligers, the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger are closely enough related that a female liger is usually fertile, but a male liger is not. The same holds true for Tions or Tigons, which are the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion. Female tigons are usually fertile while male tigons are not fertile.


Are there different species between a lion and a tiger?

there is two cross breds between lions and tigers. they're ligers and tigons.


Could a tiger and a lion breed successfully?

Yes they can, and the cubs they have are called ligers


Are tigons and ligers extinced?

Yes, Ligers do exist however tigon is not a term used often because it is also a word for a dragon and tiger hybrid (which obviously doesn't exist) hope this helps!


Who was the creator of the first liger or ligers?

im pretty sure the first liger was born in 1824 because of a man named Thomas Atkins and his son John Atkins. If im wrong plz correct me! :)