11 Comments so far

1. Beckiebo Had this To Say

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   A tigon is when the tiger is the more dominant Donner (father) and the lion is the lesser (mother), where as a liger is when the tiger is the mother and the lion is the father. Dunno for sure, sorry bud. not a bad guess though

2. colin411 Had this To Say

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   A liger is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. A tigor is the offspring of male tiger and female lion. If you are stuck for an answer at any time go to the Wikipedia website. alternatively, ring London Zoo in Regents Park London.

3. rosie recipe Had this To Say

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   the sire has the first part of the word and the dam has the second part

4. risa1313 Had this To Say

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   Most of these answers are correct. But they all left one thing out. Liger’s, genetically, lean toward gigantism. Tigon’s lean toward dwarfism. Now, that’s an interesting fact to work on!!!
   Just google. Folk’s here are a bit short on facts. Yep, that was a pun – but the info isn’t. I work with exotic cats.

5. chas_cha Had this To Say

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   A male African lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris) can mate to produce a liger. The reverse cross produces a tigon. Such crossing does not normally happen in the wild because most lions live in Africa and most tigers live in Asia. Also, lions and tigers just don’t mix; they are enemies in the wild. However, the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (USA), raised a lion and a tigress together. Arthur, the lion, and Ayla, the tigress, became good friends and bred to produce Samson and Sudan, two huge male ligers. Samson stands 3.7 m (12 feet) tall on his hind legs, weighs 500 kg (1,100 lbs) and can run at 80 km/hr (50 mph).http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/…
   Get a bonus point in class for mentioning zorses, zeedonk and wholphins!
   Also described in link above.

6. Rick J Had this To Say

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   I am dyslexic what wrong with these spellings ?

7. Blokheed Had this To Say

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   Alright smartar$e: Liger = Lion is Daddy
   Tigon = Tiger is Daddy
   How do you feel about your ‘clever’ question now?

8. Jayne638 Had this To Say

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   A liger has a lion father, a tigon has a tiger father, heres some links:

9. Eman G (Maganeno again) Had this To Say

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   father lion + mother tiger = liger
   father tiger + mother lion = tigon

10. ? Had this To Say

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    With a liger, the lion is the male and the tiger is the female..With a tigon, the male is a tiger and the female is a lioness, Hope this helps.ciao.

11. ?12340 Had this To Say

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    and it can swim and a tigon cant swim