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THE LILIGER (PRONOUNCED LAI-LAI-GER)
Lion + Tiger = Liger.
Lion + Liger = Liliger.
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One of three rare, month-old liliger cubs born at Russia’s Novosibirsk Zoo explores his enclosure. Picture: AP
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The liliger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (Panthera leo) and a ligress (Panthera leo × Panthera tigris). The first hybrid was born at the Novosibirsk Zoo.
The first known hybrid, a female liliger named Kiara, was born at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia, in September 2012. 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.
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20 June 2013| last updated at 02:35PM
3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo
The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia’s third-largest city, is home to a unique animal — the liliger. That’s a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.
The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there’s a second litter of three, all of them females.
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, month-old liliger cubs walk in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cubs’ mother is Zita, a liger – half-lioness, half-tiger, and their father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar Salakhiev)
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The father is Sam, a lion, in Novosibirsk Zoo.
Sam, a lion, walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. (AP Photo /Ilnar Salakhiev)—
The mother is a liger.
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo Zita, a liger, half-lioness, half-tiger, stands with her one month old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar Salakhiev)
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In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, Zita, a liger – half-lioness, half-tiger – carries her one month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar Salakhiev)
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger) and the lion, Sam are a pair, which gave birth to liliger cubs. (AP Photo /Ilnar Salakhiev)
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