Editing Lion (section)

===Hybrids===

{{Further|Panthera hybrid}}

In zoos, lions have been bred with [[tiger]]s to create hybrids for the curiosity of visitors or for scientific purpose.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Pocock, R. I. |year=1898 |title=Lion-Tiger Hybrid |journal=Nature |volume=58 |issue=1496 |page=200 |doi=10.1038/058200b0 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1889713 |bibcode=1898Natur..58Q.200P |s2cid=4056029 |doi-access=free |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326042949/https://zenodo.org/record/1889713 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Benirschke, K. |title=Comparative Aspects of Reproductive Failure |chapter=Sterility and Fertility of Interspecific Mammalian Hybrids |pages=218–234 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |year=1967 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-48949-5_12 |isbn=978-3-642-48949-5}}</ref> The [[liger]] is bigger than a lion and a tiger, whereas most [[tigon]]s are relatively small compared to their parents because of reciprocal gene effects.<ref name="shi">{{cite thesis |last=Shi |first=W. |year=2005 |title=Growth and Behaviour: Epigenetic and Genetic Factors Involved in Hybrid Dysgenesis |type=PhD |series=Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology |publisher=Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis |location=Uppsala |chapter=Hybrid dysgenesis effects |pages=8–10 |chapter-url=http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:165749/FULLTEXT01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518050521/http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:165749/FULLTEXT01.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2019 |url-status=live|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4784 }}</ref><ref name="Carnivores">{{Cite book |last1=Rafferty |first1=J. P. |title=Carnivores: Meat-eating Mammals |date=2011 |location=New York |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-61530-340-3 |chapter=The Liger |page=120 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMui7zVOqeUC&pg=PA120 |access-date=4 July 2014 |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505150613/https://books.google.com/books?id=EMui7zVOqeUC&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[leopon]] is a hybrid between a lion and leopard.<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Zhang, Z. |author2=Chen, J. |author3=Li, L. |author4=Tao, M. |author5=Zhang, C. |author6=Qin, Q. |author7=Xiao, J. |author8=Liu, Y. |author9=Liu, S. |title=Research advances in animal distant hybridization |year=2014 |journal=Science China Life Sciences |volume=57 |issue=9 |pages=889–902 |doi=10.1007/s11427-014-4707-1 |pmid=25091377 |s2cid=18179301 |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11427-014-4707-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030104852/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11427-014-4707-1.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2018 |url-status=live|doi-access=free }}</ref>