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The history of lion–tiger hybrids dates to at least the early 19th century in India. In 1798, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844) made a colour plate of the offspring of a lion and a tiger. The name "liger", a portmanteau of lion and tiger, was coined by the 1930s. [4] "Ligress" is used to refer to a female liger, on the model of ...
The tigon is a hybrid offspring of a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a female lion, or lioness (Panthera leo). [1] They exhibit visible characteristics from both parents: they can have both spots from the mother (lions carry genes for spots – lion cubs are spotted and some adults retain faint markings) and stripes from the father.
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. The first such hybrid was born in 1943, at the Hellabrunn Zoo.
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 ...
Bear, lion and tiger ('the BLT') are unexpected best friends
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The Cape lion was a population of lions in South Africa's Natal and Cape Provinces that was extirpated in the mid-19th century. [1] [2] The type specimen originated at the Cape of Good Hope and was described in 1842. [3] Traditionally, the Cape lion was considered a distinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo melanochaita.
The Tigers adopted the Old English D in 1904 and used that logo for over two decades until 1927, when the team decided to use an actual Tiger as the logo briefly, then switched back to the Old ...