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HYBRID BIG CATS!

We all know and admire the beauty of big cats - the majesty of the lion, the regal presence of the tiger and the menacing growl of the jaguar. But, what you may not know is these huge cats, when living together, sometimes find mates in each other, and produce a large variety of what is called big cat hybrids. Each has its own character, physical shape and size. They're most beautiful, proud, powerful animals that are well worth knowing. Enjoy! :) Introducing the liger. For those who aren't familiar with this amazing beast it is a cat who is a result of a male lion mating with a female tiger. This usually only happens in captivity. Ligers are very social creatures and they seem to get along both with lions and tigers. They also show real affection towards their human handlers. According to many handlers, ligers are bigger, stronger and usually healthier than either parent. This is Hercules. He should perhaps be called 'king of the cats' because he is, in fact, the biggest cat in the world, weighing over 1,100 lbs (about half a ton). A male liger. From left to right at the top: A tiger, a liger and a lion side by side. You can clearly see that the stripes of the tiger are more 'washed out' on the liger, and that he has a fur color that is midway between the parents. Left to right at the bottom: A liger cub and a huge grown liger. Tigons (or tiglons) are the opposite of ligers. Their father was a tiger and their mother was a lion. They are more rare than ligers are, often carry marks from both parents, and unlike the ligers, are usually no bigger than their parents, weighing about 400 lbs (180 kilos). At the Alipore Zoo in India, a female tiglon named Rudhrani, born in 1971, was successfully mated to an Asiatic Lion named Debabrata. The rare, second generation hybrid was called a litigon. Rudhrani produced seven litigons in her lifetime. Some of these reached impressive sizes - a litigon named Cubanacan (died 1991) weighed at least 363 kilograms (800 lb), stood 1.32 meters (4.3 ft) at the shoulder, and was 3.5 metres (11 ft) in total length. Leopons are hybrids resulting from the crossing of a male leopard with a lioness. The head of the animal is similar to that of a lion while the rest of the body carries similarities to leopards. These hybrids are produced in captivity.

A jaglion is, as the name hints, a cross between a jaguar and a lion. It is a beautiful cat. A female named Jahzara was born in Canada. Her father was a jaguar and her mother a lioness. She is the black one in the photos. The brighter colored jaglion is Tsunami. They were raised together as cubs. A baby liliger named Kiara. The liliger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a ligress (hybrid of tiger and lion). Kiara was born to 8-year-old female liger Zita and male African lion Samson. Male tiglons and ligers are sterile, but female hybrids can produce cubs. Kiara was the first liliger known to exist. And is described as a calm, confident and strong animal. These lion cubs seem to have no fear of their roaring father, despite his menacing jaws. Adult male lions usually weigh between 330-550 lbs (150-250 kg). I've Got A Headache. The white lion is not a distinct subspecies, but a special morph with a genetic condition, leucism, that causes paler colouration akin to that of the white tiger; the condition is similar to melanism, which causes black panthers. They are not albinos, having normal pigmentation in the eyes and skin. White Lioness. Baby white lion cubs. Letsai, a regal white lion.

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