A picture taken on Jan 26, 2017 shows the two-and-a-half-month-old liger cub, Tsar, in the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia's Rostov region. Photo: AFP
An extremely rare cross between a tiger and a lion has been born in a travelling zoo in southern Russia, one of only a few dozen of the animals believed to exist.
Named Tsar, the 2½-month-old liger cub, is the offspring of a tigress Princess and lion Caesar, zoo director Erik Airapetyan said.
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