Liger
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![Hercules the liger and his trainer Bhagavan Antle](/Images/godic/202501/24/Ligertrainer2530.jpg")
![Colour plate of the offspring of a lion and tiger, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire](/Images/godic/202501/24/1799-liger2530.jpg")
The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger, a tigress (Panthera tigris). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon. The liger is the largest of all known extant felines.