Friday, August 29, 2008

Ligers and Tigons and Leoliguars, oh my!

We all know about Ligers. But did you know about the Tigon? You see, a mix between a lion and a tiger isn't always a liger. A male tiger and a female lion mating produces a liger offspring. Switch the genders around, however, and you've got a tigon.

Also interesting is are li/ti-ligers/tigons. You see, ligers and tigons are known by all to be infertile. But that's only half true. The males are infertile, but the females are fertile. If a female tigon mates with a lion, you get a li-tigon. If a female tigon mates with a tiger, you get a ti-tigon. If a female liger mates with a lion, you get a li-liger. If a female liger mates with a tiger, you get a ti-liger.

But are lions and tiger the only big cats that can mate? No, there's:
  1. the Jaguar and Leopard hybrids, the Jagupard, the Leguar, and the Lijagulep;
  2. the Jaguar and Lion hybrids, the Jaglion, the Liguar, and the Leoliguar;
  3. the Leopard and Lion hybrids, the Leopon, the Liard, and the Leoligulor;
  4. and the Leopard and Tiger hybrids, the Dogla and the Tigard;
  5. but not the Jaguar and Tiger. Weird, eh?
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