liger is what a cross between a lion and tiger is called.
what is a cross between a lion and tiger called?
liger
in 2010, bgi, beijing university, heilongjiang manchurian tiger forestry zoo, kunming institute of zoology, san diego zoo institute for conservation research in california, and others announced they would sequence the amur tiger, south china tiger, bengal tiger, asiatic lion, african lion, clouded leopard, snow leopard, and other felines. bgi would also sequence the genomes and epigenoms of a liger and tigon. since the two reciprocal hybrids have different phenotypes, despite being genetically identical, it was expected that the epigenome might reveal the basis of such differences. the project aim was to significantly advance conservation research and was auspiciously announced for the chinese year of the tiger. results were reported in 2013 for the genomes of the anur tiger, the white bengal tiger, african lion, white african lion and snow leopard.
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bullet::::- clark (1838) said that a british officer, who resided many years at sierra leone, saw many fights between lions and tigers, and that the tiger 'universally' won.





























bullet::::- in 1857, an 18-month-old tiger at the bromwich zoo broke into the cage of an adult lion. the pair fought, and the young tiger ripped the lion's stomach. the lion died minutes later.





























bullet::::- according to porter (1894), a tiger called 'gunga', which belonged to the king of oude, killed thirty lions, and destroyed another after being transferred to the zoological garden in london.
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