What is a tigon?

The species of this kind is a hybrid of a male tiger and a female lioness. It is an interesting fact that these hybrids always have something in common with both parents. For example, they have striped and spotted skin.

It is obvious that tigons are usually found in captivity since their two parents live in different places of the Earth.

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Willie Harris

A male lion and a female tiger makes a Liger Chris Mitchell

Garland English

A male tiger and a female lion is a tigon.A liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger.Depends on who mom and dad are.

filmnut

I don't know quite what to say: I knew right away that the "Tigon" was. And the genealogy just seemed right. Not only that I know I've heard the whole story behind it.

Player

The thoughtless creation of man playing god for nothing more than entertainment.

james parrillo

Karen Mulhollem, The liger's male parent would be a lion, with a mane. The female parent of a liger is a tiger. Thank you, Christine, James's wife

Christopher J Voce

Correct answer is ‘none of these’ which is what I put.

Satish Chandran

Not in Nature,of course.

Denise Currie

Karen Mulhollem, A liger is a cross of a male lion (which has a mane) and a female tiger, thus the offspring has inherited the trait of having a mane from his father. This question is what is a Tigon which is a male tiger and a lioness not a Liger

Denise Currie

Karen Mulhollem, Because the father is a lion and he has a mane, thus this offspring has inherited that trait from the male lion.

David Roy

Animals should mate according to their kind.

David Holmes

Peggy Bopp, Depends on where you looked. The Oxford Dictionary of English gives Tigon as given in the answer.

Michael Meyerson

Chris Mitchell, Before you cast aspersions be sure of your facts. A Tigon is a mating of MALE Tiger and Female Lion. A Liger is a Male Lion mated with a Female Tiger. Perhaps you are the one to get your facts straight!

Karin Johansson

Nina Kamwene, no both are in India.

Karin Johansson

Chris Mitchell, no if you google on a tigon that is what it says. A male tiger and a female lion.

Cristobal Herrera

I know the name is Liger.

Erma Hesse

What is the purpose of cross breeding? Doesn't make much sense.

Kent J Barnes

Chris Mitchell, The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger. The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The Tigon is a cross between a mail tiger and a femail lion. Who is the idiot now?