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The tigon is a hybrid offspring of a male tiger ( Panthera tigris) and a female lion, or lioness ( Panthera leo). Techné v6n3 – Patenting and Transgenic Organisms: A Philosophical Exploration. Scholar.lib.vt.edu. Retrieved on 17 September 2013. They exhibit Phenotype from both parents: they can have both spots from the mother (lions carry genes for spots – lion cubs are spotted and some adults retain faint markings) and stripes from the father. Any mane that a male tigon may have will appear shorter and less noticeable than a lion's mane and is closer in type to the ruff of a male tiger.
Tigons do not exceed the size of their parent species because they inherit growth-inhibitory Gene from both parents, but they do not exhibit any kind of dwarfism or miniaturization; they often weigh around . It is distinct from the liger, which is a hybrid of a male lion and a female tiger, often weighing from to .
At the Alipore Zoo in India, a tigoness named Rudhrani, born in 1971, was successfully mated to a male Asiatic lion named Debabrata. The rare, second-generation hybrid was called a litigon. Rudhrani produced seven litigons in her lifetime. Some of these reached impressive sizes - a litigon named Cubanacan weighed at least , stood at the shoulder, and was in total length. The litigon rediscovered. www.natureasia.com. Retrieved on 22 July 2017.
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