Encyclopedia - Tigon: Encyclopedia Ii - Tigon - History
Tiger crosses in captivity have been common for centuries. The first recorded cross-breeding in India dates back to 1837 when a tigon was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liger: Encyclopedia Ii - Liger - Large Size
Ligers grow much larger than tigers or lions and it is believed this is because female lions transmit a growth-inhibiting gene to their d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tigon: Encyclopedia Ii - Tigon - Fertility
Male tigons are sterile while the females are generally fertile. In India, a tigon named Rudhrani, born in 1971, was mated to an Asiatic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tigon: Encyclopedia Ii - Tigon - Current Tigon Breeding
In 1987, two tigons (Aster, a male, and Tangier, a female) were bred accidentally to a Bengal tiger and a lioness at an Ashtons Circus in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liger: Encyclopedia Ii - Liger - Colors
Ligers have a tiger-like striping pattern on a lion-like tawny background. In addition they may inherit rosettes from the lion parent (li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liger: Encyclopedia Ii - Liger - Fertility
Known male ligers have all been sterile. Many, however, reach sexual maturity and copulate with lionesses, tigresses or with female hybri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liger: Encyclopedia Ii - Liger - Vocalisation And Behaviour
Ligers may exhibit emotional or behavioural conflicts due to their mixed ancestry. They inherit different or mixed vocabularies (tigers "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liger: Encyclopedia Ii - Liger - Recent Ligers
Hercules, one of the most widely-publicized ligers can be found at Parrot Jungle Island in Miami, Florida. Not only were European news ou...   » Read the article