Tigon by Ghirin

Tigons are one of several big cat hybrids. For tigons, the male parent is a tiger and the female parent is a lioness. Tigons often have a combination of light stripes (from the father) and spots (from the mother) and the ground color is often a rich golden brown. Unlike ligers (lion/tigress crosses), tigons rarely exceed the size of either parent and males are often the size of a large female tiger.

Tigons are much rarer than ligers because it is harder to breed male tigers to lionesses. Male tigons are believed to be sterile; however, female tigons have produced cubs when bred to a male lion or tiger. The resulting offspring are either three quarters lion or tiger and usually strongly resemble the male parent. Such animals are called li-tigons or ti-tigons.

Tigons have behavior traits of both lions and tigers and often make sounds characteristic of both parent species.

Even though no wild tigons or ligers have been documented, there are local legends of animals resembling them in parts of India.

Reference:

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/tigons.html

Created by Ghirin 2003

Updated 2010-11-11

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