Liger - Wikipedia The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a tigress, or female tiger (Panthera tigris) The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species
Liger | Size Facts | Britannica Liger, offspring of a lion and a tigress The liger and the tigon (the result of mating a tiger with a lioness) possess features of both parents, in variable proportions, but are generally larger and darker than either It is thought that most, if not all, male ligers and tigons are sterile
18 Astonishing Liger Facts - Fact Animal As a Liger is the hybrid offspring of a Lion and a Tiger, it carries many different traits from both parents However, the Liger has far more traits from the Lion parent than it does from the Tiger parent
The Liger – Meet the World Largest Cat An average male liger stands almost 12ft tall on its hind legs and weighs up to half a ton, twice the weight of a wild lion or tiger How did the liger appear? If the father is a lion and the mother a tiger, the offspring are known as ligers and the pairing results in gigantism
Is the Liger a Real Animal or Just a Napoleon Dynamite Gag? The liger is the offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris) There is another type of lion-tiger hybrid called a tigon, which results from the breeding of a male tiger and a female lion
What is a Liger? A liger is a hybrid animal that results from the cross breeding of lion and tigress Ligers are twice bigger than lions and tigers in terms of their weights Ligers weigh more than 900 pounds
Liger - the largest cat in the world | DinoAnimals. com The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris), combining the lineage of two of the world’s most powerful big cats
Liger - New World Encyclopedia The liger is a hybrid cross between a male Panthera leo (lion), and a female Panthera tigris (tiger) and is denoted scientifically as Panthera tigris × Panthera leo (Milne 1927)