Mammalian Hybrids

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EUGENE M. MCCARTHY, PHD GENETICS, ΦΒΚ

For history, I say again, has this and this only for its own: if a man will start upon it, he must sacrifice to no God but Truth.
Lucian, The Way to Write History
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Intrageneric crosses

Intergeneric crosses

Intersubfamilial crosses

Caveat

Topics

Interfamilial crosses

Interordinal crosses

Interclass crosses

All of the crosses listed below have been reported. And about half have definitely occurred. As to the other half, consider the evidence collected under the heading of any given cross and judge for yourself. A minimum of opinion is interjected, because facts that convince one person will not always persuade another. In general, the evidence becomes increasingly thin as the crosses become more distant. However, this correlation is not strict, that is, some crosses between closely related animals are less well documented than certain distant crosses.

Mammalian Hybrids


Intrageneric crosses


leopon Leopard × lioness

liger Lion × tigress

mule Mule (horse × donkey)

Coydog Coyote × dog

Mules >>

Zebra × Donkey >>

Burchell’s Zebra × Horse >>

Bactrian × Dromedary >>

Red Deer × Sika >>

White-tail × Mule Deer >>

Lion × Tiger >>

Leopard × Lion >>

Leopard × Tiger >>

Jaguar × Leopard >>

Jaguar × Lion >>

Domestic × Wildcat >>

Domestic × Pallas’s Cat >>

Arctic Fox × Red Fox >>

Coyote × Wolf >>

Dog × Dingo >>

Dog × Golden Jackal >>

Dog × Coyote >>

Dog × Wolf >>

Bonobo × Chimpanzee >>

Gibbons >>



Intergeneric crosses


Gorilla-chimpanzee hybrid Gorilla × Chimpanzee

Beefalo Cattle-bison hybrids

Gorilla × Chimpanzee >>

Human × Chimpanzee >>

Human × Orangutan >>

Dog × Maned Wolf >>

Goat × Chamois >>

Polar Bear × Brown Bear >>

American Bison × Cattle >>

Goat × Sheep >>

An avian cross:

Steller’s × Common Eider >>


Intersubfamilial crosses


fox-dog hybrid Dog-fox hybrids

fox-dog hybrid Mule Deer × Moose?

Fox × Raccoon Dog >>

Wolf × Fox >>

Dog × Fox >>

Pig × Babirusa >>

Red Deer (Elk) × Moose >>

Mule Deer × Moose >>

Cow × Sheep >>

An avian cross:

Mallard × Canada Goose >>




A Caveat

Topics:

Conjoined twins

Xenogenesis

Strange adoptions >>

Crosses as distributions >>

Most scientists do not believe that crosses as distant as those listed below can actually occur. That is, the idea that intergeneric crosses occur is widely accepted, but not the notion that interfamilial crosses do. And most scientists consider the occurrence of interordinal and interclass crosses as far-fetched, or even impossible, especially ones involving human beings. However, extensive review of the literature reveals there is a great deal of evidence that such distant crosses do, at least on rare occasion, take place. It has been my policy in listing reports of hybrids to include all serious allegations, especially those of scholars, whether or not the hybrid alleged seems possible or likely to me. This policy, I think, helps to eliminate subjective judgment on my part, and therefore should remove at least one source of systematic bias from my work. It also helps to fulfill the ethical obligation of telling not just the truth, but the whole truth.


Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
John Adams

Interfamilial crosses


deer-cow hybrid Deer-cow hybrids

cat-dog hybrid Cat-dog hybrids

skunk-cat hybrid Skunk-cat hybrids

sheep-pig hybrid Sheep-pig hybrids

Bovid × cervid:

Roe Deer × Sheep >>

Mule Deer × Sheep >>

Axis Deer × Tahr >>

Moose × Cow >>

Red Deer × Cow >>

Reindeer × Cow >>

Goat × Deer >>

Carnivores

Dog × Cat >>

Dog × Puma >>

Dog × Badger >>

Dog × Bear >>

Puma × Bear >>

Cat × Raccoon >>

Raccoon × Fox >>

Cat × Marten >>

Cat × Skunk >>

Suid × Bovid

Pig × Sheep >>

Pig × Cow >>




Interordinal crosses


Dog crosses

Dog × Pig >>

Dog × Goat >>

Dog × Sheep >>

Dog × Cow >>

Dog × Horse >>

Dog × Kangaroo >>

Bear crosses

Bear × Cow >>

Bear × Sheep >>

Bear × Goat >>

Bear × Pig >>

Bear × Horse >>

Cat crosses

Cat × Rabbit:

Other cat crosses:

Cat × Black Rat >>

Cat × Red Squirrel >>

Cat × Horse >>

Cat × Opossum >>

Cat × Possum >>

Cat × Kangaroo >>

Puma × Cow >>

Artiodactyl × Equid:

Giraffe × Zebra >>

Deer × Horse >>

Moose × Horse >>

Cow × Horse >>

Cow × Ass >>

Camel × Horse >>

Pig × Horse >>

Leporid × Artiodactyl:

Deer × Hare >>

Sheep × Hare >>

Rabbit × Cow >>

Human-animal Hybrids

Pig × Human:

Cow × Human:

Main Article | Myth | Kudans

Water Buffalo × Human >>

Deer × Human >>

Camel × Human >>


Caprinid × Human:

News | Yesterday | Today | Art

Horse × Human

Cat × Human >>

Lion × Human >>

Dog × Human

Bear × Human >>

Groundhog × Human >>

Raccoon × Human >>

Leporid × Human >>

Opossum × Human >>

Seal × Human >>

Murid × Human >>

Miscellaneous

Dog × Nonhuman Primate

Elephant × Cow >>

Seal × Cow >>

Guinea Pig × Rabbit >>

Galago × Dormouse >>

Opossum × Coatimundi >>

Babirusa × Norway Rat >>

Otter × Sheep >>

Avian crosses

Chicken × Duck >>

Canary × Parakeet >>

Pigeon × Chicken >>

Lyrebird × Chicken >>



For a compilation, or particular natural history, must be made of all monsters and prodigious births of nature; of everything, in short, which is new, rare, and unusual in nature.
Francis Bacon

Interclass crosses


human-chicken hybrid Chicken-cat hybrids?

human-chicken hybrid Human-chicken hybrids?

capercaillie-sheep hybrid Capercaillie × sheep?

Dog-chicken hybrid Dog × chicken?

Mammal × bird

Monotremes >>


Mammal × reptile

Human × Alligator >>

Human × Snake >>

Human × Turtle >>

Cow × Turtle >>

Sheep × Turtle >>

Seal × Turtle >>


Mammal × amphibian

Human × Anuran >>


Mammal × fish

Fish × Human >>

Fish × Cow >>


Distant non-mammal crosses

Fish × Frog >>

Sturgeon × Alligator >>

Fish × Bird >>

Water Snake × Chicken >>



To cite this publication

McCarthy, E. M. 2013. Mammalian Hybrids. www.macroevolution.net/mammalian-hybrids.html (Add access date).



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