# Liger - Biggest Cat in the World?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liger-biggest-cat-in-the-world/250354 "2004-06-14T20:26:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liger-biggest-cat-in-the-world/250354/1 "2004-06-14T20:26:42Z")

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Is the liger the biggest cat in the world?

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liger-biggest-cat-in-the-world/250354/2 "2004-06-14T21:35:59Z")

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According to [Sierra Safari Zoo](http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm) (near Reno, Nevada), ligers (sterile offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest cat. In terms of naturally occuring species, Siberian tigers are the largest.

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liger-biggest-cat-in-the-world/250354/3 "2004-06-14T21:41:37Z")

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Further search shows that male ligers are sterile, but not all female ligers are. [This site](http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/ligers2.html) has a table of possible cross-breeds with lions, tigers, and mixes.