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The '''liger''' is a big cat hybrid, the [[interbreed|interbred]] offspring of a [[lion]] (''Panthera leo'') and a [[tiger]] (''Panthera tigris''). More specifically, it's the result of a mating between a male lion and a female tiger (or tigress); it only happens in captivity due to lions and tigers rarely meeting in the wild. They are much larger than both parents, some reaching nearly a thousand pounds in weight. For a long time, the liger was thought to be sterile, but a ligress in a Russian zoo in 2011 had given birth to a litter of cubs fathered by a lion. These cubs are called "liligers".

The '''liger''' is a big cat hybrid, the [[interbreed|interbred]] offspring of a male [[lion]] (''Panthera leo'') and a female [[tiger]] (''Panthera tigris'') (tigress). It only happens in captivity because lions and tigers rarely meet in the wild. They are much larger than both parents, some reaching nearly a thousand pounds. For a long time, the liger was thought to be sterile, but a ligress in a Russian zoo in 2011 had given birth to a litter of cubs fathered by a lion. These cubs are called "liligers".

It has an opposite in the tigon, the offspring of a male tiger and a lioness.

It has an opposite in the tigon, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion (lioness).

[[Category:Mammals]]

[[Category:Mammals]]

[[Category:Felines]]

[[Category:Felines]]

[[Category:Animals]]

[[Category:Animals]]