Is it possible for Lions and Tigers to mate and produce offspring? Will the offspring be fertile?
Yes. Only female offspring is fertile. 1) “The tigon is a hybrid cross between a male tiger and a female lion. The tigon is not currently as common as the converse hybrid, the liger; however, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tigons were more common than ligers. Tigons can exhibit characteristics of both parents: they can have both spots from the mother (lions carry genes for spots — lion cubs are spotted) and stripes from the father. Any mane that a male tigon may have will appear shorter and less noticeable than a lion’s mane and is closer in type to the ruff of a male tiger. It is a common misconception that Tigons are smaller than lions or tigers. They do not exceed the size of their parent species because they inherit growth-inhibitory genes from the lioness mother, but they do not exhibit any kind of dwarfism or miniaturisation; they often weigh around 180 kilograms (400 lb). The comparative rarity of tigons is attributed to male tigers’ finding the courtship behaviour o
