The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris).Thus, the liger has parents of the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon.ther big cat hybrids can reach similar sizes; the litigon, a rare hybrid of a male lion and a female tigon, is roughly the same size as the liger, with a male named Cubanacan (at the Alipore Zoo in India) reaching 363 kg (800 lb).