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LIGERS: INFO AND FACTS

Ligers are the world’s biggest cats, larger than their parents, with the
strength of a lion and speed of a tiger combined.

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.

Strangely, if the pairing is reversed and the mother is a lion, the offspring –
known as a tigon – will be small, weighing less than 150 kg.

A liger

Ligers (picture left) and tigons (picture right) are not thought to appear in
the wild, as the behavior and habitats of lions and tigers make interbreeding
unlikely.

In the Thirties in South Africa, the two species were put in the same cage and,
to the keepers surprise, they didn’t fight. In fact, they made love, and the
liger was born.

A tigon

In the Thirties in South Africa, the two species were put in the same cage and,
to the keepers surprise, they didn’t fight. In fact, they made love, and the
liger was born.

So popular did they become that zoos in Europe clamored for specimens and so
stray dogs on that Continent also came to be frightened away by massive mounds
of manure.

Ligers look like both their parents only bigger. Their teeth are whoppers: two
inches long.

They may resemble either parent, and range from white to gold to brown, with or
without spots and stripes. A male liger may have a mane, but it is usually much
smaller than his father’s.

As hybrids, ligers have low fertility rates, but some females have produced an
offspring by mating with full lions or tigers. Liger males are totally unfertile
though.

On a typical day, a liger will devour 9kg of meat, usually beef or chicken, and
is capable of eating 45kg at a single sitting. When he is fully grown he is
expected to reach 3.5m, and more than 300kg.


LIGERS AND TIGONS

Ligers (image 1) are the offspring of a male lion and female tiger. Tigons
(image 2) are the offspring of a male tiger and female lion.

1. The liger

The tigon

While you would think they are similar, in fact the two animals are very
different.

While ligers are the mightiest of cats, tigons are in fact smaller than a lion
or a tiger.

Tigons are even harder to breed than ligers and there are less tigons in the
world. Although tigons are more inclined to dwarfism, it is not always the case.

However, they weigh on average almost 3 times less than a liger.



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