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TIL: The hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a female lion is called a Tigon. The hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger is called a Liger. A litigon is a rare second generation hybrid from a female tigon (a hybrid between a male tiger and a female lion) and a male lion ????

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