You may have heard of a liger—the lion-tiger hybrid is, after all, Napoleon Dynamite's favorite animal—but now a Russian zoo has released photos of a so-called "liliger" named Kiara, the offspring of ...

A RUSSIAN zoo has welcomed a new litter of three unique liliger cubs - who have a lion for a father and a lion-tiger hybrid for a mum. The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there's a ...

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A zoo in Siberia has become home to the world's first Liliger. Kiara's father is an African lion, and her mother is a liger - a cross between a lion and a tiger. Komla Dumor reports. Zoo breeds ...

In this Tuesday, June18, 2013 photo, a month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's mother is Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger, and father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar ...

The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal -- the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.

But there are many who argue that it should not happen. Napoleon Dynamite got the parts of the liger right, but they're not bred for their "skills in magic." Those opposed to crossbreeding would claim ...

The world's first male Liliger cub has been born at a private zoo in Oklahoma, USA. A liliger is the offspring of a male lion and a ligress - which itself is a cross between a male lion and a tigress.

Meet Kiara, the world's first Liliger. Her mother is a liger - a cross between a lion and tiger - and her father is an African Lion, making her a quarter tiger. The cute-as-a-button cub lives in ...