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.

Liger, offspring of a lion and a tigress. The liger and the tigon (the result of mating a tiger with a lioness) possess features of both parents, in variable proportions, but are generally larger and …

Meet Lyla, the world’s rarest cub: a lion-tiger hybrid born from a lioness and a tigon father!

Jul 14, 2025 · A liger has been born in a private zoo in Romania. The 9-week-old male cub, with a lion for a father and a tiger for a mother, is thriving, vet Gabriel Gaspar told dpa.

Dec 8, 2012 · Ligers of all ages love to swim (just like tigers), and are very social (just like lions); they have long life spans that see them routinely live between fifteen and twenty years. They …

May 27, 2024 · Many Liger cubs are sadly born with birth defects and often don’t survive for longer than a week. Like the rest of the world’s felines, the Liger is a carnivorous animal …

Aug 16, 2025 · A liger is the hybrid offspring resulting from the mating of a male lion and a female tiger, known as a tigress. This distinct hybrid is different from a tigon, which is born from a …

Nov 8, 2024 · Though male ligers are sterile, female ligers can have offspring. A female liger bred with a male lion is called a li-liger, and a female liger bred with a male tiger is called a ti-liger.

Ligers are only born when the male is a lion and the female is a tiger. Interestingly, while ligers grow larger than either parent, tigons are often much smaller.

Two liger cubs born in 1837 were shown to King William IV and later to Queen Victoria. In 1900 and 1901, a man named Carl Hagenbeck shared details and photos of ligers born at his …