Tigon

When two species are crossed, there is a naming convention. The first part of the name comes from the male of the species in the second part of the female species. There are cases in which there is a common name for the hybrid. For example, if a male donkey crossed with a mare, a mule named their baby is not a village. If man is a horse, a mule is their baby, not called Honkey.

When a male lion is crossed with a female tiger, their babies are called Liger, while if the male is a tiger, their babies are Tigon. Often there are several possibilities, a reasonable-sounding name, so that a hybrid could be a Tigon Tiger Lion, or a Tilion Tiglon be called. The most common Lion Tiger is crossed, the Liger. These were produced for a long time. One was even given to Queen Victoria in the nineteenth century. These animals are generally larger than the other parent. Apparently they get a growth gene from their father, lion, tiger and his mother does not offer them for growth inhibition. With Tigon, the male tiger is not a gene for growth, but not inhibit the growth of lionesses, so Tigon are often smaller than the two parents.