The Liger and tigon which is bred with a male tiger and lioness are ussually bred by mistake. From Wordnik.com. [World’s Weirdest Animals And Creatures] Reference
The top spot goes to ti-ligers/ti-tigon/li-tigons/li-ligers because it is a hybrid among the hybrids. From Wordnik.com. [Zorse – The Zebra Horse Hybrid] Reference
Since the parents are unknown, they're not sure if it's a liger or a tigon but either way it's a beautiful animal. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Brian:] Reference
Because it is a hybrid, it usually suffers from giantism, whereas a tigon (male tiger, female lion) usually suffers from dwarfism. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
I don't know about the 'horse-something hybrid' but there is the tigon - hybrid of a male tiger and a lioness and the liger - hybrid between a male lion and a female tiger. From Wordnik.com. ["So what did Neanderthal women do all day?"] Reference
Rangini, the last tigon in the zoo, died in 1999 as the oldest of her kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
When the father is a lion, the cub is called a liger; when the sire is a tiger, the cub is a tigon. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Declaring that you've discovered the best chicken strips in town is like claiming that in a fight to the death, you know for a fact that a liger could take a tigon every day of the week and twice on Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Boise Weekly] Reference
It’s possible that different-but-similar animals that can produce offspring could be considered sub-species of each other — but we have the puzzle of the liger/tigon in which males are sterile and females are fertile. From Wordnik.com. [Zorse – The Zebra Horse Hybrid] Reference
The result: the liger and the tigon. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Tip Sheet] Reference
ANGLE: He'd be a tigon, and he'd be a dwarf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2005] Reference
ANTLE: He would be a tigon, and he'd be a dwarf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2005] Reference
Female lion + male tiger = a tigon. From Wordnik.com. [Aaron Mentele, Charisma 18] Reference
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