1. By Blayke Quackenbush Lige r

2. Description http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=608 55http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=608 55 Kingdom-animalia Class-Mammalia Order-Carnivora Phylum-ChordataFamily-Felidae Genus-Panthera Species- Panthera leo and tigris

3. Dimensions The liger is twice the size of a lion and a tiger. It can grow up to 12ft. when on hind legs. They usually weigh 700 to 900 lbs. The liger has a tigers markings.

4. Habitat The liger only lives in zoos around the world. A liger can only live in a zoo because they can't reproduce.

5. Diet The main meats they eat are zebra, giraffe, buffalo, wildebeast, gazelles, and impala. They usually prefer to have meat instead of plants.

6. Family life Do to the liger being a hybrid, they cannot reproduce.

7. Social Behavior They get both tiger and lion behaviors. They are socialable. They enjoy swimming.

8. Characteristics They usually aren't very aggresive. Ligers and Tigons don't get along very well. A liger will use it's teeth to knaw into an attacking animal. Since they live in zoos, their food is just given to them. They live for about 35 years.

9. History Ligers have always been human bred.

10. Present Status They are a new species and are protected.

11. Relationship to Humans Ligers and humans get along very well.

12. Fast Fact Ligers first walked the earth in the 19th century.

13. Credits answers.com wikipedia.com reuters.com google.com