|
- Liger - Wikipedia
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 felids
- Liger | Size Facts | Britannica
liger, offspring of a male lion and a female tiger The liger is a zoo-bred hybrid, as is the tigon, which is the result of mating a male tiger with a female lion The liger and the tigon possess features of both parents, in variable proportions, but are generally larger than either
- 18 Astonishing Liger Facts - Fact Animal
Liger Profile The Liger is a hybrid It is the offspring of a male Lion and a female Tiger This means that the Liger has parents that are different species, but the same genus Ligers only exist in captivity today, because the habitats of the parental species do not overlap out in the wild They typically grow much larger than either parent
- The Liger – Meet the World Largest Cat
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?
- Liger: The Biggest Cat [20 Amazing Liger Facts] - Our Planet
Liger is the largest cat that ever lived on Earth (including extinct cats) Even the saber toothed tiger was not that big Here are 20 amazing liger facts
- Liger – Understanding The Hybrid Big Cats - Animal Corner
Appearance Characteristics of the Liger Ligers can grow to be very large, perhaps the largest big cats of all, often surpassing both their lion and tiger parents They can measure between 9 8 – 12 ft (3 to 3 6 m) in length and weigh anywhere from 705 – 1,200 pounds (320 – 550 kg)
- Is the Liger a Real Animal or Just a Napoleon Dynamite Gag?
The liger is the offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris) There is another type of lion-tiger hybrid called a tigon, which results from the breeding of a male tiger and a female lion
|
|
|