Why is it that ligers and tigons can't reproduce?
2006-08-15 08:33:12 · 10 answers · asked by wileydan 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
odd number of chromosomes leave them incapable of reproducing. Like mules or hinneys, a horse has 46 chromosomes and a donkey has 44. When they mate, they have a mule or a hinney which has 45 chromosomes.
2006-08-15 11:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by Bad_Boy_Lover_4_Life 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah because they are hybrids.
I read a news report on MSN.com that was about a hybrid polar bear/ Grizzly. One of the first of it's kind. And unlike the Tion and Liger it bread naturally and WAS fertile. I say was because a hunter with a permit shot the animal before he knew what it was. Sad.
2006-08-15 08:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liger And Tion
2016-11-05 04:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are a hybrid species, and this makes the male sterile, just like the mule- a cross of donkey & horse.
More info from link below.
2006-08-15 08:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Wizard of Oz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are hybrids and sterlie. It's the same thing with mules. It all comes back to genetics!
2006-08-15 08:38:58 · answer #5 · answered by natureutt78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're hybrids of tigers and lions...tigers and lions are both specices, so when they breed, they produce a hybrid.
sometimes hybrids can make new species, but in this case the hybrid is sterile because tigers and lions aren't genetically similar enough
2006-08-15 09:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by la wendada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the same thing as a donkey and a horse
they produce a mule.
2006-08-15 08:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are what is known as hybrids or mules and are usually sterile.
2006-08-15 08:43:04 · answer #8 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i didn't know they couldn't....ligers are pretty much my favorite animals...HECK YES!
2006-08-15 08:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they don't exist.
2006-08-15 10:18:50 · answer #10 · answered by Art The Wise 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋