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Do you know about a Liger ?

CA. Dashrath Maheshwari (TaXpert) (15103 Points)

25 October 2007

This is worlds largest Liger ??

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CA.Saibaburao Nanduri (Chartered Accountant) (3847 Points)
Replied 25 October 2007

Dear Mr. Dashrath Maheshwari ! The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger. It is denoted scientifically as Panthera tigris × Panthera leo. A liger resembles a lion with diffused stripes. They are the largest cats in the world, although the Siberian Tiger is the largest pure sub-species. Like tigers, but unlike lions, ligers enjoy swimming. A similar hybrid, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion is called a tigon. Rare reports have been made of tigresses mating with lions in the wild. Under exceptional circumstances it has been known for a tiger to be forced into ranges inhabited by the Asiatic Lion, Panthera leo persica; however, this combination of species in the wild is considered highly unlikely. The present-day ranges of wild lions