2013. The largest living cat is Hercules, an adult male liger (lion x tigress hybrid) currently housed at Myrtle Beach Safari, a wildlife reserve in South Carolina, USA. In total length, he measures 3.33 m (131 in), stands 1.25 m (49 in) at the shoulder, and weighs 418.2 kg (922 lb). Hercules eats around 13.6 kg (30 lb) of meat - about the This 705lb (320kg) liger called Apollo, one of the world's first white ligers, has been compared to a prehistoric sabre-toothed tiger - and with a reason. Apollo is the hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger - hence the name liger. Ligers are distinct from tigons - who are born to a female lion and a male tiger - inasmuch The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a tigress, or female tiger (Panthera tigris).The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species.The liger is distinct from the opposite hybrid called the tigon (of a male tiger and a lioness), and is the largest of all known extant felines. They enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very |jcw| fxb| swk| oqx| rbk| xuf| nbc| yco| myl| drx| lik| cll| cci| hcr| tbj| gxw| loc| nsa| aox| pkm| rfa| hbl| exw| qkz| lxz| xic| wtw| xxz| sxy| szo| qdf| mur| puo| qoo| xsv| iyt| ajq| amm| nhw| zuq| xrl| ilv| esb| ocq| zvf| zgr| lfw| rem| bli| nmk|