Whats the diffrence between a tigon and a liger?

Question

i just think scientist are kinda stupid to make 2 kind of animals that both are a mix of a tiger and a lion

Answer 1

The male is usually put first.

The Tigon would be a male Tiger and a female Lion.

A Liger is a male Lion and a female Tiger.

Its like Brad and Angelina making Brangelina.

Answer 2

A tigon is the offspring of a male tiger and female lion, whilst a liger is the offspring of a male lion and female tiger. Tigons are often smaller than their parents, whilst ligers tend towards gigantism and are usually larger than their parents. As with most hybrids, both are nearly always sterile, but occasionally a female will be fertile and can be bred back to one of the parent species, producing:

Tigon + tiger = ti-tigon

Tigon + lion = li-tigon

Liger + tiger = ti-liger

Liger + lion = li-liger

Incidentally, none of these animals are 'made' by scientists. They are bred by housing the different species together, often from a young age, so that when the female comes into heat, she will mate with the male. Reputable zoos frown on the breeding of such hybrids for the amusement of human beings.

Here's an image of a liger:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...

And a tigon:

http://www.geocities.com/pride_lands/noe...

In response to Yagoubidris's answer, the offspring of a male horse and female donkey is called a hinny, not a jennet.

Answer 3

I believe the tigon is a male tiger & female lion, the liger is a male lion & female tiger. And  I think it actually makes a difference, which is why there are two names, but I'm not 100% sure.

Answer 4

Tigon = Tiger (male) +lion (female).

Ligon + Lion  (male) + tiger (female).

Just like:

Jennet = Horse (male) + donkey (female).

Mule = Donkey (male) + horse (female)