The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) | Awesome Science
The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid called the tigon and is the largest of all known extant felines.
They enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable, like lions. Notably, ligers typically grow larger than either parent species, unlike tigons
