Liger or tigon?
How to tell them apart
A liger has a lion father and a tiger mother and grows bigger than both; a tigon has a tiger father and a lion mother and is no bigger than its parents.
Quick answers
They give the same 8 quick answers, so in the game it comes down to the clues below.
| Question | Liger | Tigon |
|---|---|---|
| What is it? | Mammal | Mammal |
| Carnivore? | Yes | Yes |
| Dangerous? | Yes | Yes |
| Domesticated? | No | No |
| Awake when? | Day & night | Day & night |
| Hibernates? | No | No |
| Kept as a pet? | No | No |
| Do people eat it? | No | No |
At a glance
| Question | Liger | Tigon |
|---|---|---|
| Found in | Worldwide | Worldwide |
| Size differs | Huge | Large |
| Length differs | Males 3–3.6 m in total | – |
| Weight differs | Males up to about 500 kg; females about 320 kg | Often around 180 kg |
| Legs | 4 | 4 |
| Covered in | Fur | Fur |
| Lives differs | In groups | Alone |
| Lives for differs | 13–18 years | 15–20 years |
| Can fly | No | No |
| Swims | Yes | Yes |
| Lays eggs | No | No |
About each
Liger
The hybrid of a male lion and a female tiger, and the largest living cat. It is tawny like a lion with faint tiger stripes, likes swimming like a tiger and is sociable like a lion. Ligers exist only in captivity; male ligers are sterile, but females can breed.
Tigon
The hybrid of a male tiger and a lioness. It can have both spots from its mother and stripes from its father, and males grow at most a short, ruff-like mane. Unlike the liger it grows no bigger than its parents. Tigons exist only in captivity.
Sources
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