Meet the World's First Liliger: Part Lion, Part Liger [VIDEO]

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Christine Erickson
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Meet the World's First Liliger: Part Lion, Part Liger [VIDEO]

We knew a lion and tiger hybrid is called a liger, but what do you call the offspring of a lion and a liger? A liliger apparently.

What's thought to be the world's first lililger was recently born at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia.

The cub, named Kiara, is currently being raised by an ordinary domestic cat, ONE News reports. Kiara's mother, Zita, stopped producing milk almost immediately after giving birth.

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