Comments on: Is Liger A Newly Created Animal?

By: Tube_Soc

Tube_Soc — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:57:32 +0000

The creation of this animal is mainly due to zoos and the fact that they have the required species in close proximity, allowing for the breeding between a male lion and a female tiger.

By: cddragon

cddragon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:09:07 +0000

The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger. It is denoted scientifically as Panthera tigris × Panthera leo.[1][verification needed] A liger resembles a lion with diffused stripes. They are the largest cats in the world, although the Siberian Tiger is the largest pure sub-species. Like tigers, but unlike lions, ligers enjoy swimming. A similar hybrid, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion is called a tigon. Rare reports have been made of tigresses mating with lions in the wild.[2] Under exceptional circumstances it has been known for a tiger to be forced into ranges inhabited by the Asiatic Lion, Panthera leo persica; however, this combination of species in the wild is considered highly unlikely.[3] The present-day ranges of wild lions and tigers no longer overlap.[4]

By: xoxlovex

xoxlovex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:49:19 +0000

By: wolfmank

wolfmank — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:35:23 +0000

It’s probably occured before, so have “Tions( Tigron or Tigon) “.
We didn’t create it. They are produced when lions and tigers mate.
Like mules from Donkey’s and Horses like mules they are infertile cross breeds tend to be infertile but may be hyperfertile for a few generations before! In Lion Tiger hybrids the Males are infertile the Females are usually fertile.
Just like in Tions and Ligers. They are different and have different names depending on the species of the parent.
Male Donkey + Female Horse + Good Time = Mule
Female Donkey + Male Horse + Good Time = Hinny
Male Tiger + Female Lion + Good Time = Liger
Female Tiger + Male Lion + Good Time = Tion
In these cases Good Time is equivilant to small habitat and no better offer.

By: keanna h

keanna h — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:09:40 +0000

I think it has been here for a while just people never realized it.
look at this website hope it helps.

By: oikos

oikos — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:03:45 +0000

Not newly created. I recall seeing one in the Central Park Zoo (NYC) about 60 years ago. Or was it a tiglon?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:05:10 +0000

liger are extremely rare in the wild, if they exist at all. lions and tigers do not “play nicely” with each other. http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/lig…http://www.liger.org/

By: ?Mizuiro- chan?

?Mizuiro- chan? — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:32:44 +0000

Hey, people do weird things. The liger was probably created recently because of the discovery of genetic cloning, artificial mutation, ect. I can’t tell you exactly why the liger (and the tion) was created, but porbably why they very recently created transparent frogs- for the heck of it. (okay, so the frogs were to help students study organs without dissecting them, but you get my point. Right?)

By: Symphoricarpus Albus

Symphoricarpus Albus — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:50:51 +0000

In my general opinion (without looking at the other answers) the Liger was introduced and cross-breed by us humans. It was created possibly due to scientific study and investigation – sceintists possibly wanted to find answers about breeding amongst certain types of animals, this is why you see sheep that are half goats, and animals being born in test tubes. The reason these Ligers were possibly breed were none of the less because of the rarity and public interest to see these rare animals. Tigers and Lions are endagered species and both members of the cat family, so it is highly possible that the two could have produced an offspring, which was the Liger.

By: birdgirl

birdgirl — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:05:35 +0000

They are not newly discovered. They do not exist in the wild as lions and tigers do not populate the same areas..one in Africa and one in Asia. Some have been created in zoos, originally by accident by mixing tigers and lions in displays. They have only existed since zoos have existed since this is an impossible natural occurance. Nowadays, any accredited zoo would NEVER allow these animals to cross-breed.