![]() Kiara was born to 8-year-old female liger Zita and male African lion Samson. The liliger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a ligress (hybrid of tiger and lion). The brighter colored jaglion is Tsunami, and they have grown together as cubs.Ī baby liliger namd Kiara. Her father was a jaguar and her mother a lioness. This one is a beautiful cat, a female called Jahzara that born in Canada. These hybrids are produced in captivity and are unlikely to occur in the wild.Ī jaglion is, as the name hints, a cross between a jaguar and a lion. The head of the animal is similar to that of a lion while the rest of the body resembles that of a leopard. Leopons are hybrids resulting from the crossing of a male leopard with a lioness. Some of these reached impressive sizes - a litigon named Cubanacan (died 1991) weighed at least 363 kilograms (800 lb), stood 1.32 meters (4.3 ft) at the shoulder, and was 3.5 metres (11 ft) in total length. Rudhrani produced seven litigons in her lifetime. The rare, second generation hybrid was called a litigon. They usually weigh about 400 lb (180 kilos).Īt the Alipore Zoo in India, a female tiglon named Rudhrani, born in 1971, was successfully mated with an Asiatic Lion named Debabrata. ![]() They are more rare than ligers are, often carry marks from both parents, and unlike the ligers, are usually no bigger than their parents. Tigons (or tiglons) are the opposite of ligers, they are cats whose fathers are tigers and whose mothers are lionesses. Left to right at the bottom: A liger cub and a huge grown liger. You can clearly see that the stripes of the tiger are more 'washed out' on the liger, and that he has a fur color that is midway between the parents. Top photo, left to right: A tiger, a liger and a lion side by side. This is Hercules, he should perhaps be called 'King of the Cats' because he is, in fact, the biggest cat in the world, weighing over 1,100 lbs (about half a ton). According to many handlers, ligers are bigger, stronger and usually healthier than either parent. They also show real affection towards their human handlers. Ligers are very social creatures and they seem to get along both with lions and tigers. For those who aren't familiar with this amazing beast, it is the result of a male lion mating with a female tiger. These are all beautiful, proud and powerful animals, and are well worth knowing. What you may not know is that these huge cats, when grown together, sometimes find mates in each other and produce a large variety of big cat hybrids, each with its own character, physical shape and size. We all know and admire the majesty of the lion, as well as the regal presence of the tiger and the menacing growl of the jaguar.
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