Rare 'tigon' born in China An incredibly rare lion/tiger hybrid has been born at a wildlife park in China. Tigons, which have a tiger father and a lion mother, are a genetically fragile hybrid, which stand just a one in 500,000 chance of survival - far more sparse than the one in 100,000 chances enjoyed by the more common liger - which have a lion father. There are thought to be just ten tigons in the world - the newborn was one of two in its litter, but its sibling did not survive long after birth. The cubs were born just before Christmas at the Yancheng Wildlife Park in Changzhou.