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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 . The liger is distinct from the opposite hybrid called the tigon (of a male tiger and a lioness), and is the largest of all known extant felines .
Exceptionally heavy male lions and tigers have been recorded to exceed 306 kg (675 lb) in the wilderness, [20] [21] and weigh around 450 kg (990 lb) in captivity. [20] [22] The liger, a hybrid of a lion and tiger, can grow to be much larger than its parent species. In particular, a liger called 'Nook' is reported to have weighed over 550 kg ...
Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg (pounds) Maximum weight kg (pounds) Length range (m) Maximum length (m) [a] Shoulder height (cm) Native range by continent(s)
The liliger is the hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female liger (Panthera leo♂ × Panthera tigris♀). Thus, it is a second generation hybrid. In accordance with Haldane's rule, male tigons and ligers are sterile, but female ligers and tigons can produce cubs.
A lion/tiger mix known as a liger is found in a backyard as Mexican drug cartel violence surges in the Ojinaga region of Chihuahua state. Liger seized, 11 bodies dumped as Mexico border cartel ...
The liger is the offspring of a female tiger and a male lion and the tigon the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion. [45] The lion sire passes on a growth-promoting gene, but the corresponding growth-inhibiting gene from the female tiger is absent, so that ligers grow far larger than either parent species.
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It is often written, the liger is the biggest cat in the world. However, to my knowledge, there is no scientifc study which proofs that. Ligers usually seem to be quite large, reaching at least the size of siberian Tigers. Some of them are also very heavy. However the weight can not stand for size.