A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Why are ligers sterile?

Best Answers

Ligers are not sterile. Especially Female Ligers, they have successfully reproduced on many occasions. Male Ligers however; have never reproduced. Dr. Bhagavan Antle who is a liger expert believed that ligers have never been sterile. He believed that ligers can reproduce. read more

Ligers are not actually sterile. A female liger recently mated with a male lion and gave birth to the worlds first li-liger. There have been no accounts of male ligers mating with others, but all evidence points them be just as fertile as the females. read more

A liger expert named as Dr. Antle vividly supported against the notion that the ligers are sterile. He said that ligers can reproduce. Female ligers reproduce better than the male ligers. Dr. Antle owes at least four ligers which are Hercules, Sinbad, Zeus and Vulcan. read more

The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon, and is the largest of all known extant felines. They enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable like lions. Notably, ligers typically grow larger than either parent species, unlike tigons. read more

Encyclopedia Research

Wikipedia:

Related Facts

Related Question Categories

Image Answers

Further Research

Big Cat Rescue
bigcatrescue.org