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1. Professor Armitage on September 10, 2009 5:37 PM

   Some animal interspecies hybrids are:
   Mule, a cross of female horse and a male donkey.
   Hinny, a cross between a female donkey and a male horse.
   A “Zeedonk”, a zebra/donkey hybridZeedonk or zonkey, a zebra/donkey cross.
   Zorse or zebroid, a zebra/horse cross
   Zony/zetland, a zebra/pony cross (”zony” is a generic term; “zetland” is specifically a hybrid of the Shetland pony breed with a zebra)
   Dzo, zo or yakow: a cross between a domestic cow/bull and a yak. See also Bovid hybrids.
   Beefalo/cattalo, a cross of an American Bison and a domestic cow. This is a fertile breed; this along with genetic evidence has caused them to be recently reclassified into the same genus, Bos. See also Bovid hybrids.
   Zubron, a hybrid between Wisent (European Bison) and domestic cow.
   Sheep-goat hybrids, such as the The Toast of Botswana.
   Ursinae hybrids, such as the Grizzly-polar bear hybrid, occur between black bears, brown bears, Kodiak and polar bears.
   Fertile Canid hybrids occur between coyotes, wolves, dingos, jackals and domestic dogs. Dogs and wolves may be considered the same species, making wolfdogs a non-hybrid.
   Hybrids between Black & White Rhinos have been recognized.
   Hybrids between spotted owls and barred owls
   Ligers and Tigons (crosses between a Lion and a Tiger) and other Panthera hybrids such as the Lijagulep. Various other wild cat crosses are known involving the Lynx, Bobcat, Leopard, Serval, etc.
   Bengal cat, a cross between the Asian Leopard cat and the domestic cat, one of many hybrids between the domestic cat and wild cat species. The domestic cat, African wild cat and European wildcat may be considered variant populations of the same species (Felis silvestris), making such crosses non-hybrids.
   Cama, a cross between a Camel and a Llama, also an intergeneric hybrid.
   Wolphin, a fertile but very rare cross between a False Killer Whale and a Bottlenose Dolphin.
   A fertile cross between an albino King Snake and an albino Corn Snake.
   At Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom, a cross between African elephant (male) and Indian elephant (female). The male calf was named Motty. It died of gut infection after twelve days.
   Cagebird breeders sometimes breed hybrids between species of finch, such as Goldfinch x Canary. These birds are known as Mules.
   Guin-hen, a hybrid between Chickens & Guineafowl, an interfamilial hybrid.
   Pea-guinea, a hybrid between Peafowl & Guineafowl, an interfamilial hybrid.

2. tregan#2 on September 10, 2009 5:59 PM

   well as long as we keep humans out of this equation we’ll be okay…I don’t think we should be xperimentng with interbreeding…we should focus on breeding programs for wooly mammoths…so we have food in the next ice age

3. birdgirl on September 10, 2009 6:18 PM

   rabbits and cats can’t mate?? Some bird species can hybridize, warblers and buntings of differnt species, but they must be in the same genus.

4. beast boy on September 10, 2009 6:51 PM

   i have heard of cyotes mating with dogs resulting in coyo-dog

5. soulride on September 10, 2009 7:15 PM

   The numbers are broad. Dogs and wolves occurs quite frequently,. In only one case is cross-breeding done regularly and for a purpose. This is the crossbreeding of donkeys and horse to create the mule.
   More exotic crossbreeds like rabbits/cats is most likely not possible and certainly has no meaningful purpose.
   There are really two levels of questions with any crossbreeding program. First, will the sperm and egg merge normally, or is manual assistance required. Second, can the female’s reproductive system support to bringing to term of the embryo or will it reject it as a foreign or unhealthy object.

6. Roy on September 10, 2009 7:47 PM

   Forget rabbit and cat! There are some bovine hybrids out there I can think of cow and buffalo ( beefalo) cow and yak (yakow) Some species of pheasants can interbreed e.g. European pheasant and Golden pheasant.