tiglon , także: tigon

A tiglon is the hybrid of a male tiger and a female lion.

It is distinct from the similar hybrid tiglon.

The less common tiglon or tigon is a cross between a lioness and a male tiger.

The tiglon is not as common as the converse hybrid, the liger.

Contrary to some beliefs, the tiglon ends up smaller than either parent, because male tigers and female lionesses have a growth inhibitor.

A tigon or tiglon is an animal whose father is a tiger and whose mother is a lion.

The zoo has both Australian endemic species and introduced species including the largest collection of big cats in Australia, including, until recently, the only tiglon in Australasia.

At the Alipore Zoo in India, a female tiglon named Rudrani, born in 1971, was successfully mated to an Asiatic Lion named Debabrata.

For example, a liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger, while a tiglon is a cross between a male tiger and a female lion.

Two separate terms have been invented, coydog and dogote, as the customary naming for hybrid animals is to derive the first portion of the name from the father and the second from the mother (cf. liger vs. tiglon).