In fact, the two species have been crossbred for many years overseas, where the offspring of a lion and tigress is called a "liger" and that of a tiger and a lioness a "tiglon."
多年前，國外也曾有人嘗試將這二種不同的動物交配，公獅配母虎產下的子代稱為「獅虎」，公虎配母獅產下的稱為「虎獅」。