[Modernman]

Not same species, but same kind. But lions and tiger's offspring are sterile, so it's not clear that they are the same kind.

It's not that simple:

"No fertile male ligers have yet been found and it is assumed all are sterile. This is not the case with females and a 15-year-old ligeress at Munich Zoo produced a li-liger after mating with a lion."
Tiger Territory

[PatrickHenry]

Testing the code for using a pic for a link:

[DannyTN]

Well both tigers ans lions are considered cats. They might be one kind that has simply gotten to the point that it's difficult to mate. It's difficult to mate a dachshund with a St. Bernard too. If the dachshund is female the size will kill her.

Did you read the last line of the link you posted?

"Patrick (a li-liger) is one of the fortunate few and was saved through the generosity of The Roar Foundation. He now lives a life of ease and gets great enjoyment from spraying unwary "visitors. "

[DannyTN]

For what it's worth, Chinese crossed a human and a rabbit. It was done in the lab and was not natural. And they evenutally aborted it. But it proves nothing.

For that matter they've crossed insects and plants. But again, it's unnatual and doesn't prove anything about evolution.